Computer Science

Development of an Open Source Motion Capture System

Description

The goal of this project was to design a cost-effective motion capture system using “off the shelf” components and custom designed software. The project uses Raspberry Pi 3 computers for development but targets Raspberry Pi Zeroes for deployment. The system also uses NoIR cameras for computer vision purposes. The software is written in Python and utilizes the OpenCV computer vision library.

History

The initial work on the project was done during Summer 2017. This system ran the Raspbian Operating System and was capable of accessing the IR camera and controlling the IR lights. The software was able to detect and label IR reflectors (or blobs). Work continued during Summer 2018, and materials were assembled for placement in a GitHub archive during Summer 2019.

Materials

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License – see the LICENSE.md file for details.

https://github.com/DaProfessor/RPi_MoCap