Research

ComBO research paradigm. “Control” defines what we call controlled conditions of the task execution and the related sensing, whereas “ecology” defines what we call the closest experimental conditions to a real situation to be studied.

• The laboratory This is the natural place for prototyping methods, where we will find the most powerful technologies for capturing effort, movement, muscular activity, etc. It is also the ideal place to carry out an analyses of gestures under controlled conditions.
• The XR Extended reality (VR and AR) is an ideal tool for analysing movement, where control can be high while offering sensory-motor alteration strategies that may be useful for training or prevention. It’s also a “safe” place to evaluate certain practices in secure conditions.
• The real world This is where the previously developed methods are applied and analyses are carried out with the application in mind. This is also generally where the motivation for the scientific work that lead to the development of the original methods developed by the team is to be found.

These three environments present an increasing level of ecological validity while they present a decreasing level of control (in terms of experimental conditions and motion and force sensing). One of the challenges is therefore to progressively reduce the level of control over the developments carried out, in order to get closer to the conditions of field applications. The cross-sectional approach of the team is leading to four research axes that are summarized here and developed in the next sections of the website:

• Ready-to-go Biomechanical Models
• Efficient Extended Environments
• Human-System Interaction
• Ready-to-go Field Analysis