When people work together, they
turn seemingly impossible into possible. What if I tell you that you can
"feel" the touch of your near and dear ones without being present
there physically. Yes, we are talking about the digitisation of sensation. Shortly, the sensation can be modularised and transmitted through wire or wirelessly
to your brain. Well, enough said, now let me break down the statements I have
made. It's quite a while since we have been hearing about robotic and
prosthetic arms. But this one is much sophisticated and highly intelligent.
Recently three big tech giants Shadow. Robot, HaptX, and SynTouch worked together and came up with a touch-transmitting telerobotic hand. The technology
has two parts: a pair of robotic gloves and a pair of robotic arms.
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The operator puts on the robotic
gloves, and when its fingers or the hands are moved, the remotely situated
robotic arms also move in synchronisation. The robotic hands and the gloves are
so connected through sensors that the movements are way too accurate.
The most exciting part of these robotic hands
is not the synchronisation but the transmission of the ‘feeling’. You heard
it right. The remotely situated robotic arms can digitise the touch sensation
of the objects it is holding and transmit it to the operator through the sensor.
With more advancements, this technology
can handle fragile materials in the industry or in medical science to
perform complicated surgery.
The super showcase has to be
demonstrated at Amazon’s re:MARS conference, held in Las Vegas. MARS is a yearly
event conducted by Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. It brings together the
best innovative minds worldwide who are rapidly advancing in different
tech areas, mainly Machine learning, Automation, Robotics, and Space. Research
scholars worldwide, Fortune 100 companies, tech inventors come together and
share their ideas, learning and imagine creating a better world with these four
great technologies.
CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos can be seen wearing the Robotic Gloves at the Conference.
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