Mesh networks of radio node pods for measuring performance of teams and individual
athletes by first stimulating and then by measuring a parameter of motion selected from velocity, vector, acceleration, force, and rebound. The
system includes one or more radio node pods, each radio node pod having a
microprocessor, supporting circuitry, a
machine layer with one or more sensors and actuators,
firmware for essential functions, and a soft socket for receiving “codelets”
on the fly, each codelet containing a soft mini-script and attendant variables for iteration of a stimulus-response-sequence (SRS) customized to a previous iteration or training goal. Radio node pods may work in clusters and are typically multipotent, each pod performing specialized functions as dictated by a resident codelet but otherwise all pods having the same or similar hardware. Shared resources, either internal or external to the mesh network, are used for
data analysis. Thus a single pod may trigger a stimulus to a user, and another pod may
record a response, but are interchangeable, and each response may be a stimulus to trigger another SRS. Communications with an external administrative network or cloud host is generally delegated to a bridge pod dedicated as a gateway or portal. Each individual subject or team is assessed for performance
metrics by which a stimulus results in a qualitative or parametric response. According to current best practice, radio pod nodes are synchronized in each mesh network and wirelessly report
raw data and / or
derived data to an administrative module for reporting, display and recordation. Relative performance of individuals or teams can be tracked or trended to detect weaknesses and improve workout, sports, military
training performance, and contests can also be scored using these systems.