Improved Articulation of National Guard Training Systems

SRI International Engineering, 2006-07

Liaison(s): Tony Hawking ’01, Marc Gimbel ’01
Advisor(s): Ziyad Durón ’81
Students(s): Max Smoot (TL), James Steele, Stephen Yu, Dan Goodwin (S), Kevin Swartzlander (S), Andrew Cox (F), Justin Soprano (F)

SRI helps the National Guard train by implementing a controlled battlefield with a 3D virtual equivalent. Instrumentation on the trainees reports trainee position and orientation with room in the broadcast for more information on orientation and on articulation. Using a sensor array, the team will design, build, and test a proof of concept to monitor and report a trainee’s body position. The sensor array must communicate with the instrumentation that SRI has developed for the current training scenario.