October 10, 2019
Obayashi Corporation
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Obayashi Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kenji Hasuwa) has demonstrated the performance and workability of "Real-haptics" technology applied to hydraulically driven heavy construction machinery. Developed in collaboration with ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ (Takahiro Nozaki, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology; and the Haptics Research Center at the ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ Global Research Institute (Center Director: Toshiyuki Murakami, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)), this technology for reproducing force and tactile sensations enables operators to work while feeling the force, movement, and tactile sensations of objects touched by the machine's attachment.
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