A kinematic system. The system includes a kinematic measurement devicehaving one or more sensors configured to detect a plurality of physicalpositions of apart of an object. Thesystem also includes an associative memory, incommunication with the kinematic measurement device, and comprising apluralityof data and a plurality of associations among the plurality of data, whereintheplurality of data is collected into associated groups, wherein the associativememoryis configured to be queried based on at least indirect relationships among theplurality of data. The system also includes a processor, in communication withtheassociative memory and the kinematic measurement device, and configured totranslate a range of coordinate positions of the part of the object to aqualitativedescription that names the range, wherein the processor is further configuredtoprovide the qualitative description to the associative memory for storage.
