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Shimmer2

  • 1 Datasets
  • 5 Papers
  • 1 Models

Signals and sensors

From the device record. Fields the source does not state are left out.

Maker
Shimmer Sensing
Form factor
Multi site
Signals recorded
Accelerometer, ECG, Gyroscope

Datasets recorded with this device

  • mhealth

Leaderboards on its datasets

Benchmarks computed on data recorded with Shimmer2.

  • Human activity recognition (IMU): mhealth, Accuracy (1 result)
  • Human activity recognition (IMU): mhealth, F1 on HAR activities (averaging not stated) (4 results)
  • Human activity recognition (IMU): mhealth, Macro-F1 on HAR activities (4 results)

Models trained or evaluated on its data

Models whose published training or evaluation datasets include recordings from this device.

  • InrtlWrist (2026)

Papers using these datasets

  • CHEAR: Confusion-Hierarchy Evidence-Aware Reasoning for Cost-Efficient Human Activity Recognition
  • OmniIMU-Bench: Benchmarking Wrist IMU Representations Across Kinematic, Semantic and Clinical Tasks
  • OntoAR-HAR: Ontology-Guided Agentic RAG with Personalized Memory for Human Activity Recognition
  • REFIT: Recognize, Fix, and Test Wearable Sensor Placement Shifts without Labels
  • ZARA: Training-Free Motion Time-Series Reasoning via Evidence-Grounded LLM Agents

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