Ishikawa Komuro Lab has been busy over the past 10 or so years developing technology in high-speed visual information processing, optical information manipulations and, of greatest interest, adaptive multi-sensor architecture. What is that, you ask? Take a look at the video and be scared, be very a… scared.
They Sense You
They sense you… and can also throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy at your jugular vein (potentially). Stretching over the pat 10 years, Ishikawa Komuro Lab has developed, one of, if not the most dexterous, mechanized creations the world has ever seen.
Teaming with high power actuators and a harmonic drive gear each digit you see can move 180 degrees with 1/10th of second. Add the vision chip technology they also dabble in and you have one highly impressive robotic hand to do your bidding. The area of research is called Sensor Fusion and is aimed directly at “skillful manipulation” of, literally, anything you can throw at it.
The video shows the range of applications being tested, the latest of which is a throwing and batting system. That creates cozy thoughts doesn’t it? It’s amazing, and accurate, but what I end up watching over and over is the robot tossing a cell phone in the air… and then compensating to catch it. I’ll stop talking now so you can watch the video.
