Embedding inertial-magnetic sensors in everyday objects: assessing spatial cognition in children

• Main Authors: Campolo, Domenico, Taffoni, Fabrizio, Formica, Domenico, Iverson, Jana, Sparaci, Laura, Keller, Flavio, Guglielmelli, Eugenio
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99503; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12958
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper describes an interdisciplinary approach to the assessment of children development of spatial cognition, with a focus on the technology. An instrumented toy (block-box) is presented which embeds magneto-inertial sensors for orientation tracking, specifically developed to assess the ability...