Wind Clothing

Wind Clothing

Wind Clothing

3D scanning

Project Info

Client:
Fédération Française de Ski (FFS)

Year:
2017

Summary

We collaborated with the French Ski Federation (FFS) to make 3D scans of their best ski cross athletes. From the 3D bodies, garments were made to measure to maximize the aerodynamics of athletes at downhill. Technical clothing that earned them precious hundredths at the Olympics in PyeongChang 2018.

3D Proto

3D Proto

3D Proto

Sportswear garment prototyping

Project Info

Start date:
December 2015

End date:
December 2016

Funding:
Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI)

Coordinator:
Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD)

Summary

A sample model on a higher technological level, such as a precise virtual 3D prototype, contains innovative numerical fitting information (e.g., data about the areas of compression of a garment) that could improve the design and quality of the final sports garment and better satisfy the customer.

The aim of this research project was thus to reform existing garment prototyping processes for the active sportswear sector. The main focus was on the definition of accurate physical and mechanical high-tech sports fabric properties and on the use of virtual sports body animations to perform accurate simulation of sports garments.

In this project, Artanim was in charge of providing realistic body animations of different sports (alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, running and hiking). Moreover, Artanim worked on the development of software tools to improve the fabric measurements protocol by analyzing body motion and deformation.

Partners

Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD)
Fabric measurements and garments 3D simulation

Artanim
Motion capture, body modeling and animation, development of body motion and garment deformation analysis software

Odlo International SA
Garments 3D design and industrial supervision

Motion and Unconsciousness

Motion and Unconsciousness

Motion and Unconsciousness

Analysis of joint action tasks

Project Info

Start date:
January 2013

End date:
December 2016

Funding:
Fondation Agalma

Coordinator:
Fondation Agalma

Summary

Social interaction generally involves a multi-layered interaction where there is an interplay of self and other representations together with a participatory factor where people feel “they do things together”. Descriptions of this interaction range from high-level intentional descriptions on shared representations down to precise motor, gestural and postural studies on behavioral coordination.

In this project, we used motion capture in order to record and study specific motor factors of two people when they engage in joint action tasks and/or in social interaction. It was hence possible to obtain quantitative measurements at the behavioral level (body posture, motor coordination and synchronization, nonverbal language, etc.) in order to explore the brain and bodily mechanisms that relate to it. Respiration coupling and dual electroencephalography were also performed in this project.

Partners

Fondation Agalma
Experimental tests

Artanim
Motion capture and analysis

University Hospitals of Geneva – Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Experimental tests

EPFL – Brain Mind Institute
Acquisitions of physiologic data (respiration, EEG, etc.)

Related Publications

Preissmann D, Charbonnier C, Chagué S, Antonietti JP, Llobera J, Ansermet F, Magistretti PJ. A motion capture study to measure the feeling of synchrony in romantic couples and in professional musicians, Front Psychol, 7:1673, 2016.
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Llobera J, Charbonnier C, Chagué S, Preissmann D, Antonietti JP, Ansermet F, Magistretti P. The Subjective Sensation of Synchrony: An Experimental Study, PLoS ONE, 11(2):e0147008, 2016.
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ArthroPlanner

ArthroPlanner

ArthroPlanner

Surgical planning solutions

Project Info

Start date:
November 2014

End date:
October 2016

Funding:
Private

Coordinator:
Artanim

Summary

The goal of this project was to develop several surgical planning tools taking into account both the anatomy and kinematics of the patient’s joint. We intended to continue and extended our previous research works by integrating them into a 3D surgical planning solution, called ArthroPlanner, which could be used in clinical routine and could thus directly benefit patients.

This project mainly aimed at developing solutions for the dynamic planning of the hip and shoulder and at extending our work to the knee.

Related Publications

Lädermann A, Chagué S, Preissmann D, Kolo FC, Zbinden O, Kevelham B, Bothorel H, Charbonnier C. Acromioplasty during repair of rotator cuff tears removes only half of the impinging acromial bone, JSES Open Access, 4(3):592-600, 2020.
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Lädermann A, Chagué S, Preissmann D, Kolo FC, Rime O, Kevelham B, Bothorel H, Charbonnier C. Guided versus Freehand acromioplasty during rotator cuff repair. A randomized prospective study, Orthop Traumatol Surg Res, 106(4):651-659, 2020.
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Lädermann A, Chagué S, Preissmann D, Kolo FC, Rime O, Kevelham B, Bothorel H, Charbonnier C. L’acromioplastie guidée comparée à l’acromioplastie à main levée dans la réparation de la coiffe des rotateurs. Une étude prospective randomisée, Revue de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique, 106(4):372-380, 2020.
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Charbonnier C, Duthon VB, Chagué S, Kolo FC, Ménétrey J. In Vivo Static and Dynamic Lengthening Measurements of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament at High Knee Flexion Angles, Int J CARS, 15(3):555-564, 2020.
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Charbonnier C, Chagué S, Kevelham B, Preissmann D, Kolo FC, Rime O, Lädermann A. ArthroPlanner: A Surgical Planning Solution for Acromioplasty, Int J CARS, 13(12):2009-2019, 2018.
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Charbonnier C, Chagué S, Kolo FC, Duthon VB, Menetrey J. Multi-body Optimization with Subject-Specific Knee Models: Performance at High Knee Flexion Angles, Comput Meth Biomech Biomed Eng, 20(14):1571-1579, 2017.
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Lädermann A, Kolo FC, Chagué S, Charbonnier C. Is acromioplasty planification useful? A prospective randomized trial, XIVe Congrès de la Société Francophone d’Arthroscopie, Paris, France, Revue de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique, 103(8):S268, September 2017.
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Charbonnier C, Kolo FC, Lädermann A. Acromioplasty Planification: A Randomized Prospective Study, 27th Annual Congress of the European Shoulder and Elbow Society (SECEC), Berlin, Germany, September 2017.
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Charbonnier C, Chagué S, Kevelham B, Kolo FC, Lädermann A. ArthroPlanner: A Surgical Planning Solution for Acromioplasty, 30th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Heidelberg, Germany, Int J CARS, June 2016.
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Manuel’s Dance of Death

Manuel’s Dance of Death

Manuel's Dance of Death

Animated short film

Project Info

Client:
Simon Tschachtli

Year:
2016

Summary

For the exhibition Niklaus Manuel and the Reformation Period of the Historical Museum of Bern, we participated to the production of an animated short film based on Manuel’s Dance of Death, a mural consisting of 24 scenes depicting death dancing with people as diverse as an emperor, a beggar, a queen, an abbot, a soldier, a cook, a child and its mother. Choreographer Nina Stadler and dancer Fhunyue Gao conceived an expressive dance performance that was motion captured.

Credits

Client
Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern

Project
Mercenary, Iconoclast, Dancer of Death – Niklaus Manuel and the Reformation period (13 October 2016 – 17 April 2017)

Concept, 3D modeling and secondary animation
Simon Tschachtli

Choreography
Nina Stadler

Dancer
Fhunyue Gao

Motion capture and animation
Artanim

Music
Salvatore Sciarrino
Annalena Fröhlich