Robot Hand Shaking Perfected
Robots.net, 16 Dec 2006 at 11:07 CST …video from the Ishikawa Namiki Komuro Lab in Tokyo shows how sensory feedback can be used to provide a human quality to an otherwise rigid, preprogrammed motion.
I had a shake at this topic last year in the news.3Yen.com report, Human-like Robot Hand Job Done by University of Tokyo. Just think of the marriage of applications of this robot handjob and the Men’s SOM(tm) (for self-abuse) shown on the left.
Anyway, watch my 10-second YouTube video of the handshaking robot, and see more videos at the Ishikawa Namiki Komuro Lab’s coverage of” Grasping Using High-Speed Visual Feedback.
Robot Handjobs Are The Future (for Japan)
Watch Full Segment Here: http://goo.gl/brMBgD
Now here’s a real “robot handjob”!
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In the 1960s, GE set out to create Hardiman, a mechanical exoskeleton that could give its user the ability to lift up to 1,500 pounds. Unfortunately, the suit’s size, weight, stability and power-supply issues prevented it from ever leaving the laboratory. –via flux machine
Japanese life is a HANDJOB, ain’t it?