Climbing in general, and especially sport climbing, has become an increasingly popular recreational and competitive activity. Consequently, there are many climbers who would benefit from quantitative insight into their climbing level. After reviewing the research area and existing solutions, we found there are many climbing-specific measurement systems that allow acquisition of quantitative data, from which climbing level can be assessed. The vast majority of measurement systems of this type are scientifically orientated. They therefore cannot be used by the general public. In our work, we developed a multi-purpose and portable climbing-specific prototype measuring system with a focus on obtaining quantitative force data with the use of upper limbs and on overall user experience. It consists of the following components: load bearing measuring unit with force sensor, professional measuring equipment for obtaining sensor signal, computer application for transferring measurement results to a cloud database, cloud database for saving measurement results with metadata and Android mobile application for seting measurment metadata, creating new subject, altering subjects data, viewing measurement results and editing measurement metadata. The measuring systems allows force measurements, using a variety of climbing-specific grips. Evaluation of the measuring system was performed with twelve people of different climbing abilities. Within evaluation, we focussed on user experience and on quantitative data obtained by the measuring system.
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