Towards a new Robot Generation

Key items in the development of a new smart robot generation are explained by hand of DLR’s recent activities in robotics research. These items are the design of multisensory gripper and articulated hands systems, ultra-light-weight links and joint drive systems with integrated joint torque control, learning and self-improvement of the dynamical behaviour, modelling the environment using sensorfusion, and new sensor-based off-line programming techniques based on teaching by showing in a virtual environment.

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