Motion Capture of a Knight in Armor
A biomechanical study of movement in full medieval armor using motion capture.Project Info
Year
2012
Summary
Motion Capture of a Knight in Armor is a research project investigating the range of motion of a fighter wearing approximately 30 kg of late medieval armor. The study was carried out as part of the doctoral research of Daniel Jaquet at the University of Geneva, combining historical sources with modern movement analysis.
One of the main technical challenges was the highly reflective surface of the armor, which could generate false marker detections in the optical motion capture system. Artanim adapted the Vicon MXT40S camera parameters and reconstruction settings to reduce these artifacts and obtain reliable motion data for the study.
The project was conducted with contributions from Daniel Jaquet, Bengt Kayser, and researchers from the Kinesiology Laboratory – HUG/UNIGE, including Stéphane Armand and Alice Bonnefoy-Mazure.
Related Publications
Jaquet D, Bonnefoy-Mazure A, Armand S, Charbonnier C, Ziltener JL, Kayser B. Range of motion and energy cost of locomotion of the late medieval armoured fighter: A proof of concept of confronting the medieval technical literature with modern movement analysis, Hist Meth, 49(3):169–186, 2016.
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