Avatar (exoskeleton for controlling robots)

2023: Product Announcement

The NTI Competence Center for Robotics and Mechatronics Component Technologies at Innopolis University has created a system with which industrial robots can be remotely controlled. The development was called "Avatar."

The system is a modified version of the exoskeleton from the Android Technology company, which is connected to an industrial or collaborative manipulator using an external computer. After synchronization, the exoskeleton actually turns into an industrial robot remote control.

Avatar (exoskeleton for controlling robots)

The author of the project and laboratory assistant of the NTI Competence Center on the basis of Innopolis University Ruslan Damindarov said that with the help of an exoskeleton, a manipulator can move different objects up to the size of a matchbox. It is noted that the robot system is equipped with an operator who will feel if the robot collides with an object or another person.

For communication between the exoskeleton and the robot is used. Wi-Fi Scientists note that in the future it will be possible to use any type of connection, which potentially allows the use of an exoskeleton at any distance from the robot.

Damindarov stressed that he will work to improve the reliability of Avatar in order to be able to start pilot tests in the field. So, "Avatar" will allow people to control robots located on dangerous objects without harm to health.

Typically, industrial robots are programmed to perform repetitive tasks in a factory or factory. Our project is designed to solve dynamic problems for which the robot cannot be programmed. Our project is designed to solve dynamic problems for which the robot cannot be programmed. For example, to analyze blockages or manipulations with radioactive elements, - explained the author of the project.[1]

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