Abstract: Video games are a promising future for research and development. A new way to measure motor skills is to use robots to test individuals. This technology is incredible and has helped the medical field, but there must be a way to allow individuals to use this technology in a similar and affordable manner. Space Trash is a game that was developed with the intent to gamify the object hit detection that is used in the Kin Arm Robot with the intent to see if a person will show signs of Alzheimer’s. The goal is to not only be able to test an individual’s motor skills and cognitive abilities but to also be a fun game that can be enjoyed by people. The game will keep track of which objects the player hits and how many times they will hit a correct and incorrect object. The process to do this is to connect two motion controllers for the game so it can imitate the arms for the Kin Arm Robot and program the game to imitate the robot. The game is being programmed in JavaFX along with using tools such as Maven in order to connect the controllers with the game along with being familiar with the programming language. There are more features that will be added for the tracking so more variables can be measured and more varieties of testing can be done to test if a person will have Alzheimer’s. The future of the project will include adding more levels along with new effects to test players with challenging tasks. The creation of the game has gone through some struggles, but the development has been progressing and the hope for this game to be released into the public is still bright.
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