Toyota Motor has revealed an upgraded version of its human-shaped T-HR3 robot. The robot, controlled remotely by an individual wearing a headset and wiring on his or her arms and hands, now has quicker and smoother finger movements as the controlling device is lighter and easier to use.
Such a robot could, in the future, be utilized to carry out surgery in a distant place where a doctor cannot travel. It also might permit people to feel like they’re participating in events they are not able to attend.
In a recent demonstration in Tokyo, an individual wearing a headset and wiring made the robot move in clearly the same way he was moving, waving or doing dance-like movements.
Smaller robots that seem like the mascots for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were controlled in a similar manner.
Toyota engineer Tomohisa Moridaira stated human-shaped robots can be controlled automatically because all the person operating it has to do is move naturally.
The challenge is still about securing reliable and speedy telecommunications connections so that signals are correctly relayed from the human to the robot, stated Moridaira.
The robots were connected by regional networks in the demonstrations.
