Hyundai Mobis has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps for cooperation on expertise that’s anticipated to alleviate movement illness for marines traversing tough terrains from sea to land, enhancing fight efficiency.
Last yr, Hyundai Mobis developed the ‘Smart Cabin Controller,’ analyzing a driver’s posture, coronary heart price, and brainwaves to forestall drowsiness, stress, and movement illness.
The MoU marks the primary utility of the expertise within the broader mobility sector, and the corporate anticipates its growth into protection, maritime, and aviation transportation.
Motion illness typically happens when there’s a discrepancy between what the eyes see and what the physique feels relating to motion route – for instance, wanting sideways in a shifting automobile whereas the physique senses ahead movement. This can be why seats going through the other way on a prepare are much less most well-liked.
Hyundai Mobis’ movement illness discount expertise integrates autonomous driving with passenger cognitive applied sciences that contain real-time monitoring of posture, coronary heart price, and brainwaves utilizing sensors. Based on this biometric information, simulating the senses of sight, listening to, odor, and contact can reduce movement illness. The firm says its expertise can stop movement illness by as much as 70% and scale back the signs by 40%.
Hyundai Mobis plans to function this expertise in amphibious assault autos and, in collaboration with the Marine Corps, collect key information by the primary half of subsequent yr. The firm goals to deploy it in fight coaching and systematically analyze movement sickness-inducing components to boost the expertise’s efficacy.
