Convergent Science Network » Hugging Robot https://csnblog.specs-lab.com Blog on Biomimetics and Neurotechnology. With [writers] Michael Szollosy, Dmitry Malkov, Michelle Wilson, and Anna Mura [editor] Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:58:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Give Yourself a Hug…With the Help of a Robot https://csnblog.specs-lab.com/2011/07/15/give-yourself-hug-with-the-help-of-a-robot/ https://csnblog.specs-lab.com/2011/07/15/give-yourself-hug-with-the-help-of-a-robot/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:54 +0000 http://www.robotcompanions.eu/blog/?p=1396 Continue reading →]]> Watch a clip from Tokyo’s 3D Expo

Nobuhiro Takahashi and his team at the University of Electro Communications in Tokyo have created a huggable robot. The ¨Sense-Roid¨ is shaped like a human torso that is embedded with pressure sensors. The robot is capable of reciprocating a human’s hug with the help of air compressors by being connected to a jacket that is worn by the human user.

 

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