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Figure Follow (FF) is an award-winning project, envisioned to facilitate the learning of “Compulsory Figures”, an individual discipline of Artistic Roller Skating. This idea has now become a prototype under development, which uses sensors to detect the athletes position over figure lines, and provides, in real time, information concerning the general performance of the athlete and a corresponding score, both sent to a mobile app. FF aims to help class teaching and personal training, creating a more playful way to progress and maintain young athletes motivation. The technological development process of this product is a perfect context to put to the test some sociological ideas about the relation between technologies and society, particularly in a time of accelerated, permanent and transformative innovation. Even if we are just confronted with one more gamification of a learning device, it is an opportunity to discuss the liberating effects of digital communication techs on society and personal lives.
Description
Artigo baseado na comunicação proferida em European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, realizado na ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, 22-23 Outubro 2020.
Keywords
Sports training Skating compulsory figures Computer-Assisted Technologies Digitalized embodiment
Citation
Cavaleiro Rodrigues, J., Dias, T., & Silva, C. (2020). Figure follow: A step by step liberating device. In Proceedings of the European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, ISCTE-IUL, 22-23 Outubro 2020 (pp. 206-209). ECIAIR 2020.