Japanese scientists create robotic arm | Deccan Chronicle
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It's no more a science fiction but a reality -- a powerful robotic arm, which when attached to an operator, can now enable one to lift over 90 kgs with ease.
Japanese scientists at Kyoto-based Activelink Company, a unit owned and financed by electronics giant Panasonic, have created the exo-skeleton arm which is known as the 'Dual-Arm Power Amplification Robot.'
Driven by 18 electromagnetic motors with direct force feedback, the operator can control the arm's movements, including performing delicate manoeuvres, leading British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
In fact, the scientists, led by Go Shirogauchi, has been working on the project since 2003 and hopes to have the device, which is made of an aluminium alloy, ready to go into practical use by 2015.
Japanese scientists at Kyoto-based Activelink Company, a unit owned and financed by electronics giant Panasonic, have created the exo-skeleton arm which is known as the 'Dual-Arm Power Amplification Robot.'
Driven by 18 electromagnetic motors with direct force feedback, the operator can control the arm's movements, including performing delicate manoeuvres, leading British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
In fact, the scientists, led by Go Shirogauchi, has been working on the project since 2003 and hopes to have the device, which is made of an aluminium alloy, ready to go into practical use by 2015.
