October 16, 2018
Obayashi Corporation
Keio University
Obayashi Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kenji Hasuwa), in collaboration with Keio University (Takahiro Nozaki, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology; and the Haptics Research Center at the Keio University Global Research Institute (Center Director: Toshiyuki Murakami, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)), has developed a system to apply "Real Haptics," a technology that reproduces force and haptic sensations, to hydraulically driven heavy construction machinery. This system enables operators of heavy construction machinery to work while feeling the force, movement, and tactile sensations of objects touched by the end of the equipment.
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