Small and medium enterprises in Europe often refrain from using advanced robot technology. The EU-project Factory-in-a-Day aimed at changing this by developing a robotic system that is to set up, operational in 24 hours and is flexible, leasable and cheap. The video shows the results and achievements of the project after 4 years of work.
"Robots are learning how to feel. Will the boundary between human and robot soon disappear? Barriers are being broken down in production anyhow. The robots are leaving their cages and mingling with the work force: at CONTINENTAL for instance in Regensburg. In the final assembly of onboard control units, man and machine share a common working area. Robots take over very stressful and repetitive activities during the work process. Researchers from Cognitive Systems at Technical University of Munich are trying to let the robot learn a profoundly human characteristic: feelings. They are already on the right path with the help of artificial skin. It is so sensitive, that just touching it with a feather is enough to make the machine back away." -- automatica
Designing skin for robots was out of reach for a long time, but last week, scientists announced they successfully made the first autonomous robot with full-body skin!
Incorporating artificial skin signals in the constraint-based reactive control of human–robot collaborative manipulation tasks
Sensitive synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings – a crucial capability if they are to be in close contact with people. Inspired by human skin, a team at the Technical University of Munich has developed a system combining artificial skin with control algorithms and used it to create the first autonomous humanoid robot with full-body artificial skin.
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