Rowing

Contact Persons

Bernd Tessendorf, Franz Gravenhorst

Project

Rowing is one of the oldest Olympic sports. It exercises all the major muscle groups and improves cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength. We use miniaturized motion sensors on the body and the boat to measure on the water. In collaboration with pro rowers and trainers we investigate possibilities to improve rowing technique and speed.

An introductory video about our project is available here:

Student Projects

Please contact us for interesting student projects, semester and master theses!

Publications

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2013

• Calculating Angles with Inertial Measurement Units in Highly Dynamic Sports like Rowing
  Franz Gravenhorst, Timothy Turner, Conny Draper, Richard M. Smith and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport (IACSS 2013), Istanbul, Turkey, 2013
  [ BiBTeX RIS ]
• Validation of a Rowing Oar Angle Measurement System based on an Inertial Measurement Unit
  Franz Gravenhorst, Timothy Turner, Conny Draper, Richard M. Smith and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC-2013), Melbourne, Australia, 2013
  [ BiBTeX RIS ]

2012

• Self-Aligning and Drift-Compensated Rowing Seat Position Measurement System Based on Accelerometers and Magnetometers
  Franz Gravenhorst, Christoph Thiem, Bernd Tessendorf, Rolf Adelsberger, Christina Strohrmann, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings 9. Symposium Sportinformatik, pages 226-231, Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft, 2012
  [ BiBTeX RIS PDF ]
• SonicSeat: A Seat Position Tracker based on Ultrasonic Sound Measurements for Rowing Technique Analysis
  Franz Gravenhorst, Christoph Thiem, Bernd Tessendorf, Rolf Adelsberger, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks (Bodynets), 2012
  [ BiBTeX RIS PDF ]

2011

• An IMU-based Sensor Network to Continuously Monitor Rowing Technique on the Water
  Bernd Tessendorf, Franz Gravenhorst, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP 2011), Adelaide, Australia, IEEE press, 2011
  [ BiBTeX RIS PDF ]
• Analyzing Rowing Crews in Different Rowing Boats based on Angular Velocity Measurements with Gyroscopes
  Franz Gravenhorst, Bernd Tessendorf, Bert Arnrich, Camille Codoni and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport (IACSS 2011), Shanghai, China, 2011
  [ BiBTeX RIS PDF ]
• Towards a Rowing Technique Evaluation Based on Oar Orientation
  Franz Gravenhorst, Bernd Tessendorf and Gerhard Tröster
  in: International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2011), 2011
  [ BiBTeX RIS ]

Gallery

Screenshot of video and motion data recorded during a pilot study on the water.