Using A.I. To Predict an Athletes Movements and Potential Injuries

Today, I was on Carnegie Mellon’s news website to find a really interesting article about the advances in AI and how it can connect to sports. With athletes like soccer or basketball players running up and down a court, there is always a chance for a season if not career-ending injury. But after reading other universities’ research, they are using artificial skin with synaptic transistors which can feel just as regular skin can.

With this, it can detect when there is a sharp movement and adjust itself to steer away from possible injury. This really amazes me as we could help lessen the chances of potential injuries and help save a player’s career. As I read on, CMU researchers went on to talk about using location and movement sensors to help grow the computer’s understanding of how the game works and the strategies and specific movements in certain situations. With the use of machine learning, we could help teach computers to expect certain jumps, twists, and turns and know in advance when a specific player just might tear their ACL and save them. As AI continues to grow smarter and stronger, I continue to trust and see a bright path ahead for the world. With AI soon becoming smarter than a human, it can help guide us toward success and rid the world of problems.