Korea’s Marine Corps Looks to Biometrics to Fight Motion Sickness in Amphibious Assault Vehicles

Hyundai Mobis has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps to integrate its advanced vehicle healthcare technology into Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles. This technology aims to reduce motion sickness in marines, particularly when navigating challenging terrains from sea to land, thereby improving combat performance.

Hyundai Mobis is a South Korean automotive parts company, a key affiliate of the Hyundai Motor Group. It specializes in producing automotive components, such as modules and systems for cars, and is known for its research and development in futuristic automotive technologies. Hyundai Mobis has been expanding its capabilities beyond traditional automotive parts, venturing into high-tech areas like autonomous driving, vehicle connectivity, and electric vehicle components.

Its collaboration with the Marine Corps represents Hyundai Mobis’s first venture in applying its Smart Cabin technology outside the conventional vehicle sector, potentially extending its reach into defense, maritime, and aviation transportation.

Hyundai Mobis’s technology addresses motion sickness, which typically arises from a mismatch between visual input and the body’s perception of movement. The solution integrates autonomous driving and passenger cognitive technologies, involving real-time monitoring of biometric data such as posture, heart rate, and brainwaves. By stimulating visual, auditory, and tactile senses based on this data, the technology can significantly decrease the occurrence and symptoms of motion sickness.

The company plans to implement an integrated solution in the Marine Corps’ amphibious vehicles, combining hardware and software tailored for harsh environments. This includes sensors for movement analysis and environmental perception, control solutions, displays for travel information, and climate control modules for physical stabilization. Hyundai Mobis aims to gather key data from these implementations by the first half of the next year, intending to deploy the technology in combat training and further refine it by analyzing motion sickness-inducing factors.

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January 2, 2024 – by the FindBiometrics Editorial Team