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3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quint
Profiles Jerry Lu (MFin '24) discussing how OOFSkate uses optical tracking and AI to analyze figure skating jumps, and his work with NBC Sports during the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Read articleCalling the quads: How UVA alumni are helping NBC break down Olympic skating
Profiles UVA Engineering alumni Jerry Lu and Jacob Blindenbach and their AI-powered OOFSkate platform, which NBC is using for 2026 Winter Olympics figure skating coverage. Details the pose estimation algorithms, digital twin reconstruction, and biomechanics calculations behind the technology.
Read articleHarnessing the power of AI to help revolutionize Olympic-level figure skating
AP Sports covers how OOFSkate analyzes skaters' jump height, rotation speed, airtime, and landing quality from mobile phone video. Details the partnership with U.S. Figure Skating and feedback from Olympic skaters Jason Brown and Alysa Liu.
Read articleBuilding a playbook for elite-level sports
Profiles Jerry Lu's work at MIT's Sports Lab under Professor Hosoi, his swimming analytics research at UVA, and the development of OOFSkate—an AI-powered app that analyzes a figure skater's jump height, rotation speed, airtime, and landing quality.
Read articleTraining with digital twins could boost Olympic swimmer speeds
Explores how OOFSports' digital twin technology could help boost Olympic swimmer speeds through advanced biomechanical modeling and simulation.
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