Desenvolvimento de um rolo de equilíbrio inteligente para treino de ciclistas

Abstract

Training rollers for cyclists are equipments that allow indoor training, without having to go outside. This equipment has become popular as it is a solution to avoid safety risks or adverse weather factors as in outdoor training. Through a benchmarking, a lac of smart balance rollers for training cyclists available on the market was identified. Additionally a customer survey has shown evidence of the opportunity for developing this product. The objective of this process is to develop a balance roller for training cyclists, capable of measuring the athlete’s speed and power per kilogram, reporting this data during the pedal stroke. To achieve this, the Design Thinking methodology for product development was applied, using it to validate solutions efficiently and generating a total of ten iterations in materials for functional testing, allowing the conception of ideas and their validation. To make this work possible, a mathematical correlation was sought between the readings of two torque sensors. In the analysis of the data collected during the tests, it was concluded that within the conditions of the product developed here, one of these sensors did not correspond to the expectations, returning as information only the pedaling speed curve. However, the result of this work serves as a guide to new approaches in future work.