Argos

Argos is a smart and secure physiological monitoring system for MPCs (Multi-Purpose Canine). It is comprised of

• a gastric implant

• a transmitting collar/harness attachment

• a data collecting base station

• a machine learning powered back end

• a secure multi-user front end

The gastric implant will be created using technology developed by an MIT Professor. This implant technology is not implanted in a surgical setting but through swallowing a capsule that looks like a standard pill. After ingestion, it will reside in the digestive system for up to 3 months, eventually passing out of the animal when the sensors’ lifetime is complete. While in the digestive system, the gastric implant will transmit respiratory rate, heart rate, and body temperature to the transmitting attachment located on the collar/harness of the dog. Finally, the data is collected from the collar by the base station. Once the data reaches the base station it will be processed by machine learning algorithms that will generate smart alerts based on the data analysis.

Alerts will help handlers know if the dogs are experiencing stress of any kind and if any of their physiological parameters are getting too low or too high. These alerts will assist handlers in caring for their dogs and lowering the number of mission interruptions due to physiological issues with the MPCs.