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UK Military's Bomb Disposal Robots Come with Haptic Feedback

posted by chromas on Sunday December 30 2018, @01:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the touching-robots dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Bomb disposal experts won't have to put their lives at stake every time they have to disarm an explosive if they can do their job with the help of a proxy -- like a robot they can control from afar. According to the UK Ministry of Defence, the British Army has received four cutting-edge robots that can do just that. Unlike other bomb disposal machines, these ones come with "advanced haptic feedback" that allows their operators to feel what their mechanical arm holds or touches through a remote-control hand grip.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/25/british-army-bomb-disposal-robot-haptic-feedback/

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  • (Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:04AM (2 children)

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:04AM (#779882) Journal

    advanced haptic feedback that allows their operators to feel what their mechanical arm holds or touches through a remote-control hand grip

    Or IOW, a waldo. [wikipedia.org]

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:22AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:22AM (#779887)

      Probably not as good as a (Heinlein) waldo, but maybe as good as a surgical "robot" (aka teleoperator)?

      • (Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Sunday December 30 2018, @11:22AM

        by fyngyrz (6567) on Sunday December 30 2018, @11:22AM (#779940) Journal

        Probably not as good as a (Heinlein) waldo, but maybe as good as a surgical "robot" (aka teleoperator)?

        Yeah... but you know, the R&D costs of the imagination are somewhat lower... 😊

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:11AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:11AM (#779884)

    What does it feel like when the bomb explodes?

  • (Score: 2) by Farkus888 on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:43AM

    by Farkus888 (5159) on Sunday December 30 2018, @03:43AM (#779890)

    I'm pretty sure the physical feedback is exactly what you are trying to get away from in that situation.

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