THE BLUEPRINT


CAPTURED ACTION REVIEW


A Soldier wearing a motion capture suit surveys data in the NEXUS laboratory after the screen recorded his movements.


integral to the overall USAMRDC and DOD missions, as maxi- mizing Soldier readiness—in this case, via data collection—may ultimately translate to increased Soldier lethality.


“Our intent here is to take all the data we’re collecting and whit- tle it down to the data that’s going to help the caregiver,” said Col. Jeremy Pamplin, the director at TATRC, commenting on the laboratory and its capabilities. “If we can figure out the best technique as supported by data, regardless of what the prevailing opinion is, then we can take that information to the [Food and Drug Administration], to our partners in industry.”


In a quip that essentially sums up the entire purpose of the NEXUS laboratory, Miller said, “Basically we’ve democratized expertise for any trainee, anywhere.”


TWIN PILLARS OF THE FUTURE Given the outsize role technology will likely play on the future battlefield, and perhaps reflecting the outsize role it plays in all our daily lives, the NEXUS laboratory is further designed to test human interaction with modern medical technology. Tis may reveal whether such tools truly benefit the caregiver and, in turn, the person receiving care.


“What we’re doing here is testing these technologies in actual environments that simulate what Soldiers would see on the battle- field,” said Nate Fisher, chief of TATRC’s Medical Robotics and Autonomous System Division.


As part of the focus on the multidomain battlefield of the future, recent military medical research efforts have focused almost exclu- sively on two areas: making key tools and technologies smaller and studier, and finding ways to employ the substantial gains being made in the field of artificial intelligence. Te NEXUS laboratory team hopes to put both of those efforts under the microscope. From the perspective of the team at TATRC, efforts to study these emerging technologies in such a unique setting will eventually allow researchers to more quickly identify the prod- ucts likely to help caregivers complete their mission—a factor of chief importance when faced with the constraints of austere and operational environments. As a result, the NEXUS laboratory offers the ability to inform the development of better tools and technologies at a much faster rate than the current research and development process.


“We come here, we push [the product] to the point of failure, then figure out how we can make it better,” said Miller. “And so,


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