PHOENIX — Arizona State University was one of three institutions selected to help the Marines “develop reliable and objective predictors of team performance,” the school announced on Friday.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is partnering with the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command Battle Simulation Center to guide each of the external branch institutions with their individual research.
ASU is specifically utilizing a Bio-Behavioral Team Dynamics Measurement System to track Marines’ “biological and social patterns.”
“In the military, in these dynamic environments, it’s not just about the person being able to adapt,” ASU professor Jamie Gorman said in a press release. “It’s about being able to work with other people that have your back, that you trust are counting on, and your ability to adapt as a team.
“What we’re looking to do is create measurement systems that can do an objective performance prediction of when these war fighters have reached certain competencies.”
How will ASU research work to help Marines?
The BioTDMS equipment is made to observe “several biomarkers” including:
- Neural activity
- Brain blood oxygenation (proxy for neural activity)
- Eye-tracking
- Respiration
- Cardiac health
- Verbal communication.
The bio-tracking system was first tested in a “real-world training environment” earlier this year at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California.
ASU’s Gorman said the next phase of BioTDMS testing will be in the Marines’ air combat sphere.
“It’s going to allow the (U.S. Department of Defense) to plug this in any training environment and get any level of scale or pace of training that they want to get.”
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