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athletes has already been gathered. Brig. Nayak is very and examined by this technique. For example,
involved in developing policies and suggestions based researchers at IIT Delhi are creating sensors that
on research and data analysis, that are being regularly can track an athlete’s movement and posture, like
gathered to enable Indian athletes and para-athletes to 128 sensors inserted in a shoe’s sole. These sensors
realize their greatest potential. evaluate the autonomic nervous system’s equilibrium
between sympathetic (associated with stress) and
RESEARCH: parasympathetic (related to relaxation) activity by
INTEGRATING AI AND SENSING assessing data such as heart rate. The balance needs to
TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE HIGH- be maintained because an imbalance might result in
PERFORMING ATHLETES overperformance and failure.
Prof. K.K. Deepak delineated upon integrating AI and
sensing technology. Sensing technology is the cutting It is crucial to comprehend one’s biological rhythms,
edge of sports science today. The physiological and mood swings, and level of preparation for optimal
neurological conditions of an athlete can be identified performance. Every athlete wonders, “Am I fit to
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