Researchers at the University of South Florida were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Infrastructure grant (NSF award #1229561) to acquire a virtual reality system with an integrated split-belt treadmill on a mobile base with included motion capture cameras. The system was installed and fully functional as of November, 2013.
Installation photos in reverse chronological order
May 8th, 2013: moving everything out of the way for pit construction.
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June 13th, 2013: moving everything further out of the way for the pit construction.
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June 21st, 2013: dust shield went up, working space was blocked off.
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June 26th, 2013: holes bored to test the ground below the pit site - everything checked out fine.
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Research continued, but the AC started dripping because the outside humidity was condensing, so all electronics were covered up.
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June 27th, 2013: digging started.
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July 2nd, 2013: framing for the concrete floor started.
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July 5th, 2013: concrete floor poured.
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July 8th, 2013: framing of the pit wall.
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Some of the wall was poured.
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July 17th, 2013: the remainder of the concrete was poured.
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July 19th, 2013: the concrete is drying, but needs to sit for a month.
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August 27th, 2013: once the concrete dried, the tile was replaced.
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September 14th, 2013: everything moved to the South side of the lab so the floor could be waxed.
(before waxing)
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(after waxing - I guess we will have to keep the lab cleaner....)
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September 17th, 2013: Everything moved to the North side of the lab so the other half of the floor could be waxed.
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(before waxing)
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(after waxing)
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Friday, September 20th, 2013 at 4:30pm: told that the CAREN would be delivered Monday morning at 8:00am.
We rearranged the lab to make room for the delivery of the four crates.
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Monday, September 23rd, 2013 at 9:30am: crates arrived.
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Each crate weighed between 1200 and 2500 lbs.
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They barely fit through the doors.
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It took some creative thinking to get them in the doors, particularly with the light pole directly infront of the lab doors.
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Slowly over the next couple weeks, we rearranged and sorted everything.
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October 14th - 21st, 2013: installation is progressed.
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ALL DONE installing!!! Here is a time lapse of the installation. high quality .mp4 version
Spring, 2014: curtain installed and lab rearranged and cleaned up.
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