CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N172-132

Description

Marine physical fitness is a core element of force readiness: toward an end state of a healthy and fit force able to better answer the call in any clime and place (ALMARS 022/116). Marine physical training programs must be tailored to individuals in order to maximize the physical potential of every Marine. To meet this need, Charles River Analytics proposes to design and demonstrate a prototype system for Adaptive Training Protocols (ATP), a system to maximize the benefits of Marine Corps physical training through automated adaptation of workouts based on data from commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) wearable sensors. ATP features: (1) a modular, wearable hardware suite based on cost effective, COTS sensors to collect data on physical performance; (2) enhancement to our proven, in-house physiological data processing framework, Sherlock, to compute individual Marines physical fitness and specific, evolving training needs; (3) automatic, adaptive high-intensity training workout and recovery recommendations to individualize training; and (4) a card-based user interface for mobile devices and web-based dashboards, based on Marine-specific use cases and training paradigms, to make the system accessible and engaging for targeted end users.