Mitsubishi Electric: Robot remote control technology is amazing! : Visual haptics
-Communicate power with visual information! –
Mitsubishi Electric:
By visual information from the display
Feedback on the strength of your fingertips, etc.
We have developed a technology to remotely control a robot.
It visually conveys the sense of force and touch, such as grasping an object.
In addition, the number of actuators installed in the device has been minimized.
Remote control of robot:
Collaborate with robot manufacturers and infrastructure companies.
Aim for practical use at infrastructure inspection sites and disaster sites.
It can improve maintenance and reduce the physical burden on the operator. ..
Operate the robot with AR:
Remotely control the robot using augmented reality (AR) goggles.
The information displayed on the goggles display is processed independently.
“The part of the finger that is under pressure when the robot’s hand grabs the object” is displayed in red or the like to express the sense of force and touch.
Visual Haptics Technology:
“Visual haptics technology” that reproduces force and tactile sensation through vision
The actuator feeds back the force and tactile sensation that the robot grabs the object to the operator.
Currently, research and development is underway to intuitively operate robots by wearing gloves on their hands and moving their arms and fingers.
Policy to improve practicality:
In the future, we will promote functional improvements such as expressing the difference in pressure magnitude with different colors.
Allow feedback not only on the fingers but also on the sensations of the arms.
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