Project Description
For this project, my group and I were assigned with the task of correlating two variable to determine something about a person based off of how they walk. We decided to figure out how to find someones weight based on the total G-Force of they steps. To accomplish this, we attached a phone with the physics toolbox app to three places on each of our group members legs. This app is able to monitor the G-Force in every direction that our legs moved. We each walked a distance of 200 inches to get an accurate depiction of our walking G-Force. With this information we had to analyze certain human traits that can be interpreted as a generalization for most people.
Content
Gait: a person's manner of walking. We analyzed people's gait by collecting data on height, acceleration in three directions, velocity in three directions, frequency of steps, period, and average arm rotation.
Frequency: the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample. For our gait analysis, frequency meant the average rate at which the test subjects' took steps.
Frequency: the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample. For our gait analysis, frequency meant the average rate at which the test subjects' took steps.
Presentation
Technical Report
Reflection
This project was one of the more fun projects I have done in all my years in STEM because it was not like projects done in the past. For the most part this project went well but it had its ups and downs. My group wasn't exactly the most studious, but we got the job done. We definitely had a lot of fun during this project because it was really interesting to learn about how peoples characteristics have an effect on their gait. We all had a job throughout the process of the project and we all completed it well. Our group collaboration was definitely one of our stronger points for both projects. We each took a task in the project and sought it out to the end. Each person did their part well and that definitely contributed to our success. I think something that could have gone better would be our planning strategy. We had an idea of what we wanted to do but at times struggled to execute that idea flawlessly. We had several plans for different human characteristics but could not decide on one. In this project I really listened to my group members opinions and didn't just do what I wanted. Working as a team is really beneficial toward the end goal for the project. Although my leadership and work ethic weren´t excellent in this project, I did pick up the work in areas we were lacking. One of our group members was always working on the plane project so our team was never working at full capacity. Two things I can improve on for future projects could be being more empathetic and more open to new ideas. By making this change my group can get more work done and have our presentation be the best it can be.