Dataset

UCI HAPT

Smartphone-Based Recognition of Human Activities and Postural Transitions

IMUUCIRaw waveforms

UCI HAPT is a smartphone human activity and postural-transition recognition dataset with waist-worn 3-axis accelerometer and gyroscope signals sampled at 50 Hz. It covers basic activities of daily living plus postural transitions for activity classification research. Hosted on the UCI Machine Learning Repository (DOI 10.24432/C54G7M).

At a glance
Type
Dataset
Licence
Not reported
Access
Not reported
Subjects
Not reported
Signals
IMU
PPG sites
None
Setting
Not reported
Wrist
No
Raw waveforms
Yes
Tasks
HAR
Updated
Oct 27, 2026

Original description

Activity recognition data set built from the recordings of 30 subjects performing basic activities and postural transitions while carrying a waist-mounted smartphone with embedded inertial sensors.

The experiments were carried out with a group of 30 volunteers within an age bracket of 19-48 years. They performed a protocol of activities composed of six basic activities: three static postures (standing, sitting, lying) and three dynamic activities (walking, walking downstairs and walking upstairs). The experiment also included postural transitions that occurred between the static postures. These are: stand-to-sit, sit-to-stand, sit-to-lie, lie-to-sit, stand-to-lie, and lie-to-stand. All the participants were wearing a smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S II) on the waist during the experiment execution. We captured 3-axial linear acceleration and 3-axial angular velocity at a constant rate of 50Hz using the embedded accelerometer and gyroscope of the device. The experiments were video-recorded to label the data manually. The obtained dataset was randomly partitioned into two sets, where 70% of the volunteers was selected for generating the training data and 30% the test data.

The sensor signals (accelerometer and gyroscope) were pre-processed by applying noise filters and then sampled in fixed-width sliding windows of 2.56 sec and 50% overlap (128 readings/window). The sensor acceleration signal, which has gravitational and body motion components, was separated using a Butterworth low-pass filter into body acceleration and gravity. The gravitational force is assumed to have only low frequency components, therefore a filter with 0.3 Hz cutoff frequency was used. From each window, a vector of 561 features was obtained by calculating variables from the time and frequency domain. See 'features_info.txt' for more details.

This dataset is an updated version of the UCI Human Activity Recognition Using smartphones Dataset that can be found at: https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Human+Activity+Recognition+Using+Smartphones This version provides the original raw inertial signals from the smartphone sensors, instead of the ones pre-processed into windows which were provided in version 1. This change was done in order to be able to make online tests with the raw data. Moreover, the activity labels were updated in order to include postural transitions that were not part of the previous version of the dataset.

Verbatim fromUCI Machine Learning Repository· Licence: CC BY 4.0 (UCI default)

UCI HAPT: ChatPPG research summary card

Key numbers

1
Reference labels
ACTIVITY HAR
50 Hz
Released sampling rate
50 Hz accelerometer + gyroscope (3-axis each)

How it works

How UCI HAPT works: Devices & body sites → Signals recorded → TasksDevices & body sites: None (PPG site). Signals recorded: UCI HAPT, 50 Hz, signals IMU. Tasks: Activity recognition.Devices & body sitesNone: PPG siteNonePPG siteSignals recordedUCI HAPT50 HzxyzIMUTasksActivity recognitionActivity recognition

No model in the hub reports results on this dataset yet.

Sampling
50 Hz accelerometer + gyroscope (3-axis each)
Reference labels
activity har
Device roles
Study wearable (IMU)

Models trained or evaluated on it

No model in the hub reports results on UCI HAPT yet. Be the first: results submitted with a paper are added here.

Papers using it· 1

FAQ

What signals does UCI HAPT include?

UCI HAPT includes accelerometer and gyroscope data. Sampling rate as recorded: 50 Hz accelerometer + gyroscope (3-axis each). Raw waveforms are included.

What can UCI HAPT be used for?

Research tasks it supports: human activity recognition. Reference labels: activity har.

How do I get UCI HAPT, and what is its licence?

It is hosted on the UCI Machine Learning Repository at https://archive.ics.uci.edu/dataset/341/smartphone+based+recognition+of+human+activities+and+postural+transitions. No licence is recorded for it here, so check the terms on the source page before you use it.

Which models and papers in the ChatPPG research hub use UCI HAPT?

The hub links it to 1 paper, including "Sensor Modality Versus Pretraining for Recognising Bed-Exit–Relevant Postural Transitions: A Gyroscope-Focused Feasibility Study on Public Wearable-IMU Data". They are listed under Related on this page.

Cite

APA

UCI HAPT [Data set]. (n.d.). uci. https://doi.org/10.24432/C54G7M

BibTeX

@misc{ucihapthapt,
  title         = {{UCI HAPT}},
  howpublished  = {uci},
  doi           = {10.24432/C54G7M}
}

Built from the hub record. Check it against the publisher before submitting.

Cite the ChatPPG record

Cite the dated snapshot 2026-10 for a fixed, reproducible version. Please also cite the original publications listed above.

APA

ChatPPG. (2026). UCI HAPT: dataset record (Version 2026-10) [Data set]. ChatPPG Research Hub. https://chatppg.com/research/datasets/uci-hapt

BibTeX
@misc{chatppg_dataset_uci_hapt,
  author       = {{ChatPPG}},
  title        = {{UCI HAPT: dataset record}},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = oct,
  version      = {2026-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://chatppg.com/research/datasets/uci-hapt}},
  note         = {ChatPPG Research Hub, Snapshot 2026-10, https://chatppg.com/research/snapshots/2026-10}
}
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message: "If you use this resource, please cite it as below."
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title: "UCI HAPT: dataset record"
authors:
  - name: "ChatPPG"
url: "https://chatppg.com/research/datasets/uci-hapt"
repository-artifact: "https://chatppg.com/research/snapshots/2026-10"
version: "2026-10"
date-released: "2026-10-27"

History

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