Getting Out Safe: Navigation Utilizing The ARAIG Suit and Minecraft
Cassandra Laffan
Abstract:<p>This thesis conducts a study into which algorithms and haptic technologies are necessary for assisting first responders in peril. Firefighters run the risk of getting lost and disoriented in unfamiliar emergency environments. This research uses haptic feedback to direct firefighters out of these environments. These haptic instructions are given by the “As Real As It Gets” (ARAIG) suit by IFTech. Due to COVID-19, in order to test these algorithms applied to egress paths, a Minecraft mod is written.<… Show more
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