Augmented Avatar Toward Both Remote Communication and Manipulation Tasks

Masaki Haruna,Masaki Ogino,Shigeaki Tagashira,Susumu Morita,Masaki Haruna,Masaki Ogino,Shigeaki Tagashira,Susumu Morita

A human being can communicate while working at the same time. However, teleoperated humanoid robots that can work and communicate simultaneously are currently too complex and expensive. We propose an “Augmented Avatar” that can perform both work and communication simultaneously at a low cost. The authors have developed two types of Avatars: a Manipulation Avatar with minimal functions tailored for...