As if developing advanced hydrogen and electric
vehicles for the car industry wasn’t enough, Toyota has found the time to
create this; the T-HR3. The creation is Toyota’s third-generation “humanoid
robot” and has been designed to provide people with assistance in the home, in
hospitals and even outer space.
The Toyota T-HR3 robot doesn’t use artificial
intelligence and is instead controlled by a separate contraption, dubbed the
Master Maneuvering System, that the operator is strapped into. This allows the
operator’s movements to be replicated by the robot and its 29 distinct body
parts. Additionally, the T-HR3 provides force feedback to the operator through
the control chair.
Beyond replicating the movements of a human strapped
into the control chair, the T-HR3 utilizes Flexible Joint Control to allow it
to control the force of contact it makes with objects in its surrounding
environment.
Toyota hasn’t said what it aims to achieve with the
T-HR3 but will display the robot at the International Robot Exhibition 2017
from November 29 to December 2.
