Markerless motion capture
We are developing and applying markerless motion capture technologies to better understand human movement across health and performance contexts.
Our work spans high-accuracy biomechanical analysis, clinical and paediatric gait assessment, sport and exercise applications, and scalable low-cost approaches for screening and risk detection.
Together, these strands of research reflect our interest in both advancing markerless methods and translating them into meaningful real-world use.
Theia3D markerless motion capture
Markerless motion capture uses synchronized video cameras and machine learning to quantify three-dimensional human movement without the need for skin-mounted markers.
LJMU was the first university in the UK, and one of the earliest worldwide, to adopt Theia3D. Through our industry-funded partnership with Theia Markerless, we have contributed to validation research and ongoing algorithm development.
Our long-standing collaboration with the North West Movement Analysis Centre (Gait Laboratory and Orthopaedics Department) at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has helped support the integration of Theia3D into clinical practice.
Our research spans clinical gait analysis, paediatric assessment, sport biomechanics, and movement analysis beyond the traditional laboratory, and this expertise also underpins teaching at LJMU, where markerless motion capture features in taught biomechanics content and student research projects.
Our staff
- Dr Richard Foster
- Dr Mark Robinson
- Dr Henni Greaves
- Dr Karl Gibbon
- Prof. Gabor Barton
Primary contact
- Dr. Richard Foster
Low-cost markerless motion capture
We are exploring alternative uses of markerless motion capture. In applications where accuracy and reliability are less important than large volume, real-time results, low-cost methods of markerless motion capture with the Raspberry Pi offer attractive solutions.
Work is underway to develop methods for performing initial screening of gait abnormalities, and to detect postural risk in an ergonomics context.
Our staff
- Prof. Gabor Barton
- Jacob Beesley
- Dr Mark Robinson
- Dr Richard Foster
- Dr Henni Greaves
Primary contact
- Prof. Gabor Barton