Development of smart treadmill by using virtual technology for athletes

• Project/Area Number: 25560313
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: NISHIYASU Takeshi 筑波大学, 体育系, 教授 (90237751)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: トレッドミル / ランニング / 遠隔操作 / 走行距離積算 / 走パフォーマンス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to develop the new treadmill system which allows the runners can regulate the running speed and the angle of the running surface by himself for running on predetermined distance. By modulating the existed treadmill system, we made the treadmill system which allows the runners can regulate the running speed and the angle of the running surface by the remote controller by himself and automatically count the running distance.