September 28, 2017
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Keio University
NEDO and Keio University (Assistant Professor Takahiro Nozaki and Professor Toshiyuki Murakami of the Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology; Keio Advanced Research Centers (KARC); and Haptics Research Center) have successfully developed the "General Purpose Arm," a dual-arm robot capable of transmitting physical sensations.
This robot can transmit visual, auditory, and kinesthetic sensations. Furthermore, it is equipped with the world's first high-precision force-haptic technology for transmitting the sense of touch, which makes the operator feel the sensation of the robot touching an object as if they were touching it directly. This allows operators to control the robot with a high sense of presence, even from a remote location.
This robot frees one's presence and actions from spatiotemporal constraints. As a substitute for humans, it is expected to be utilized for automation, labor-saving, and collaborative work with humans in labor-intensive or time-consuming fields such as industry, homes, welfare and nursing care, medicine, and agriculture.
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