Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT, SIMULATION, AND ENGINEERING LABORATORY (CASEL)

CASEL The CASEL, is a standalone behavioral research facility used to better understand and improve individual Soldier and team cognitive performance, and examine knowledge management in stressful, militarily relevant scenarios.  CASEL uses video feed and interconnectivity with an observation/control room to centralize and manipulate research activities between three test chambers, a simulated-tactical operations center (S-TOC), a human-robot teaming laboratory, and the unique immersive simulator.

INFORMATION FOR MIXED SQUADS (INFORMS) LABORATORY

INFORMS Newly established along with the CAST, the Information for Mixed Squads (INFORMS) laboratory is a first of its kind space for rapid ideation and prototyping, and a keystone for the development and integration of DEVCOM ARLs technologies into the Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV). The INFORMS Lab supports integrated simulation exercises and experiments with mixed teams of humans and agents, both real-world and virtual. Future extensions will support study of distributed operations through synchronous exercises with NGCV simulators at remote locations (e.g. DEVCOM GVSC in Warren, MI) as well as with teams of dismounted Soldiers and robots outside of the laboratory.

INNOVATION COMMONS

ICAdvancing intelligent technologies will change the nature of the battlefield, the tasks Soldiers perform, and the capabilities Soldiers need. In order for these future intelligent technologies to combine with human capabilities to achieve unprecedented overmatch, they must be able to better understand humans: to interpret and predict human behavior, actions, intentions, and goals. The Innovation Commons primarily enables collection of longitudinal data in an everyday working environment and supplies the technologies and tools necessary to rapidly implement novel solutions.

MISSION IMPACT THROUGH NEURO-INSPIRED DESIGN (MIND) LABORATORY

MINDLab The Mission Impact through Neuro-inspired Design (MIND) Laboratory was designed for research that transitions laboratory-based neuroscience knowledge and approaches to real-word application spaces. More than a singular physical location, the MIND Lab is composed of a modular set of resources that may be brought to bear on any of a large array of complex human-science challenges.

SOLDIER PERFORMANCE AND EQUIPMENT ADVANCED RESEARCH (SPEAR) FACILITY

SPEARThe Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research (SPEAR) Facility was designed to allow researchers the ability to study the effects on Soldier performance caused by interactions among physical workload, cognitive workload and the equipment used by Soldiers. That equipment can be anything from uniforms to communications gear to autonomous systems that act as teammates for Soldiers. Study results can then be used to establish requirements for equipment, tactics, techniques, and procedures that maximize Soldier performance. The facility consists of three main features: a biomechanics laboratory, an obstacle course, and a cross‐country course. The unique design of the SPEAR Facility allows researchers to use these features independently or in conjunction with each other.