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INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL MILLENNIUM ISSUE ON GRASPING AND MANIPULATING

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2000

Sugaru Arimoto
Affiliation:
Department of Robotics, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525–77 (Japan)
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Abstract

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At the end of the 20th century robot technology became well established as a reliable and economic source in industrial automation. On the other hand, it is claimed that even a general six or seven degree of freedom robot arm or a multifingered robot hand designed carefully and manufactured with very high precision lacks versatility in its use in a variety of tasks that must be done instead of a human. The lack of versatility or the clumsiness of present industrial robots is not due to the fine mechanism of such robots. Rather, the clumsiness shows a lack of our knowledge of everyday physics, in particular, a lack of knowledge of physics involving grasping and handling of various kinds of things and manipulating them with certain dexterity, in which tactile and vision sensings must be well coordinated.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press