Curious Bielefeld Bot Interacts With Human

In an effort to learn more about human/robot interaction, this project from Bielefeld University has reversed roles as the BARTHOC humanoid head and torso with Shadow Hands asks questions about objects and the manipulation of them. A CyberGlove II sensor allows the human to perform a natural grasp for the bot to copy and as preliminary tests were successful, the team plans to go more in depth in future projects.

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