Feasibility of Bluetooth Low Energy for motion capturing with Inertial Measurement Units

Wireless Inertial Measurement Units provide motion capture data with a low hardware cost while offering a lot of mobility for the user. The current solutions rely on Wi-Fi or custom radio protocols, which are usually access point-centre having all the traffic routed through a single access point, limiting direct interaction capabilities with the surrounding devices. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) forms point-to-point networks directly between two devices without additional networking, thus, a BLE based motion capture suit could enable seamless direct cooperation between two robots or a human and a robot.