Gait Analysis Using MS Kinect Placed on the Mobile Robotic Platform

Computer vision is a fast developing field of science, that comprises gait monitoring, which is the main focus of our appication. on gait monitoring and analysis. The novelty of this work is combining MS Kinect v2 sensor for capturing the gait pattern and a robotic platform, thus having a mobile device. Crucial part of this project is the hardware solution and autonomous function of the aforementioned recording platform. The designed platform is a sixwheeled robotic platform controlled by a micro controller, which uses the depth information from the Kinect sensor and the distance driven provided by encoders, that are attached to every motor. The following research is devoted to the proposal of methods for a precise control of the platform and post processing of records for a features selection and a classification of physical activities and early diagnostics of gait disorders, primarily the Parkinsons disease.