Latest Update: Real-life Avatar Developed in Japan by Fisher Capital Management World News
Researchers in Japan have introduced a robot that can move in sync with a human wearing its
counterpart kit that has sensors and controllers.
The human operator can...
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Latest Update: Real-life Avatar Developed in Japan by Fisher Capital Management World News
Researchers in Japan have introduced a robot that can move in sync with a human wearing its
counterpart kit that has sensors and controllers.
The human operator can talk, hear, see and feel
through the robot, making it a fully functioning avatar.
The project was undertaken by the Graduate School of Media and Design of Keio University in Minato,
Tokyo.
Professor Susumu Tachi who is an expert in virtual reality and engineering said that further
development of their technology can create useful robots that will replace humans in doing dangerous
work (and in the same breath hopes that they do not inspire any kind of hazardous fraud).
Telexistence Surrogate Anthropomorphic Robot (Telesar V) is not made solely to entertain us but rather
as a preliminary to other robots that will be made for deployment on dangerous locations.
Compared to
wheeled robots being used at present, Telesar has more flexib
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