3D Athlete Tracking Technology by ai.io

A company called ai.io develops software and products that can help athletes, coaches and clubs understand the current and future players of their current fitness attributes. Ai.io works with several clubs such as Burnley FC, Chelsea FC, and Inter Miami CF to help develop their products.

One innovation is ai.io’s 3D Athlete Tracking technology uses artificial intelligence to analyse athlete performance such as explosive power, speed, and energy recoil among other metrics. The analysis is done in real-time and simply scores each attribute out of 100. The 3D athlete tracking can identify key points of the body and provide biometrics based on movement.

Currently, the technology is deployed on their aiScout app which allows amateur player to record their training drills and connect them with coaches. Coaches then use AI-generated metrics to identify promising young candidates. The technology is currently deployed in football however ai.io has plans to expand to the NFL and running.

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Future Potiential

The technology has the potential to expand to other sporting disciplines. One area in which the technology could be used is to provide an AI coach to allow amateur athletes to analyse their performance without the need for coaches. Enabling amateur athletes with the ability to improve their performance can potentially improve their skill level at the amateur level. When paired with a fitness watch such as the Apple Watch, Fitbit or Garmin to provide fitness-related metrics such as heart rate, blood pressure and VO2; the app could have the capability to provide a more in-depth analysis.