Towards a Smart Luge that Measures Steering Input of the Rider

Rupert Staudinger, Rupert Staudinger, Wolfgang Kremser, Christoph Thorwartl, Hermann Schwameder

2024

Abstract

Luge is a high-speed Olympic Winter sliding sport that is timed in milliseconds. The athlete’s steering performance is a crucial factor for success, but there are currently no objective methods to evaluate steering technique and timing. As a work in progress, we present a lab prototype of the ‘smart luge’, a sled retrofitted with six unobtrusive commodity force sensors. The results of a laboratory test with five simulated runs show that the current setup is capable of measuring the athlete’s activity during steering. This work aims to advance data-supported training in the luge sport by enabling the in situ measurement of luge athletes’ activity.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Staudinger R., Kremser W., Thorwartl C. and Schwameder H. (2024). Towards a Smart Luge that Measures Steering Input of the Rider. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS; ISBN 978-989-758-719-1, SciTePress, pages 206-210. DOI: 10.5220/0012999400003828

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports24,
author={Rupert Staudinger and Wolfgang Kremser and Christoph Thorwartl and Hermann Schwameder},
title={Towards a Smart Luge that Measures Steering Input of the Rider},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS},
year={2024},
pages={206-210},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012999400003828},
isbn={978-989-758-719-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS
TI - Towards a Smart Luge that Measures Steering Input of the Rider
SN - 978-989-758-719-1
AU - Staudinger R.
AU - Kremser W.
AU - Thorwartl C.
AU - Schwameder H.
PY - 2024
SP - 206
EP - 210
DO - 10.5220/0012999400003828
PB - SciTePress