Teams in Danger
The Teams in Danger simulator was developed to meet the need for a realistic multiplayer search and rescue simulation to conduct research on teams and team interactions.
Summary
Students at the GRILL® worked to create a collapsed building scenario simulation leading to a search and rescue mission where team interactions could be examined.
Features and Design
Software
Unreal Engine 4
VaRest Plugin
Gitlab
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Contributions
Team:
Ruhani Patel
Maya Narayanan
Rebekkah Mobley
Manasi Singh
Mentors
Mr. Jon Diemunsch
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Clients:
Aptima
Dr. Summer Rebensky
Outcomes and Additional Information
The team was challenged to create a simulation that measures teamwork capabilities and communication of an ad hoc team, with four unique roles of Medic, Transporter, Searcher, and Firefighter. Each role has specific responsibilities and actions.
The goal of the rescue team is to save people and escape the collapsing building within a time constrained situation.
The final product featured different levels with customizable victims to rescue as well as hazard types and amounts, with exportable data of how the scenario progressed.