Aikido is a relatively new Japanese martial art, having been developed by Morihei Ueshiba in the 20th century.

Adaptive Perception is a privately funded research group investigating human-machine interaction. Their first project is the use of motion capture technology to document, preserve, and analyze the art of senior Aikido instructors.

An element of Adaptive Perception's research includes tracing the paths of key body points to highlight movement patterns fundamental to Aikido, and portraying calculated movement acceleration in a color scale. Avatar Mocap Studios is proud to be the motion capture studio of choice for this cutting-edge research in the exploration, preservation and visualization of Aikido.