Abstract: A robot hand includes a plurality of fingers, a first electromagnet, a second electromagnet, and a movable part configured to be movable between the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet. Each of the plurality of fingers includes a gripping part configured to grip an object, a cam follower configured to rotate around a rotating shaft in accordance with movement of the movable part.

Abstract: In a measurement system, a processor sets, on the basis of three-dimensional data, a movement route to be taken by a hand part to cause a contact to follow the surface of an object to be measured in such a manner that a reaction force detected by a force sensor becomes a predetermined value. The processor causes the contact to follow the surface of the object to be measured while adjusting the reaction force to become a predetermined value, and acquires a path taken by the hand part having moved. The processor acquires the roughness of the surface of the object to be measured from the contact during a period in which the contact is caused to follow the surface. The processor measures the dimension of the object to be measured on the basis of the path and at least one of the movement route and the three-dimensional data.

Abstract: A swing analysis system includes: shoes containing respective pressure sensors; a club having a grip that contains a pressure sensor; and an information processing device configured to specify a problem in a swing movement, with reference to respective output signals from the pressure sensors and an output signal from the pressure sensor.

Abstract: A technique to facilitate continuing the operation through a load applied by a user who proceeds with a picture program is provided. A force plate functions as a controller controlling a game console. The foot pressure includes a transmitting section configured to transmit, when the COP of a user enters a peripheral part of the force plate, an alert signal to an HM display configured to output a picture from the game console.

Abstract: A glove includes a capacitive sensor, and conductive threads are woven into a fabric of the glove, the conductive threads serving as the capacitive sensor configured to detect, on the basis of a change in capacitance between the conductive threads adjacent to each other, a change in pressure applied to an area into which the conductive threads are woven.

Abstract: Footwear includes a capacitive sensor, and conductive threads are woven into a fabric of the footwear, the conductive threads serving as the capacitive sensor configured to detect, on the basis of a change in capacitance between the conductive threads adjacent to each other, a change in pressure applied to an area into which the conductive threads are woven.

Abstract: Realized is a technology which allows more various operations with respect to an operation target. An operation device includes: at least one six-axis force-moment sensor; and a button. The at least one six-axis force-moment sensor can detect a force in a direction of a first axis which intersects a first main surface of a housing, a moment about the first axis, a force in a direction of a second axis which is along the first main surface, a moment about the second axis, a force in a direction of a third axis which is along the first main surface and which intersects the second axis, and a moment about the third axis. The button can detect at least the force in the direction of the first axis and the moments about the second and third axes, and is provided to the first main surface.

Abstract: A picking-up robot is successfully made more compact. The robot arm includes a plurality of arm tubes that fit one within another in a nested manner. A push chain is inserted in the robot arm. The push chain is connected to a foremost arm tube at one end of the push chain. A sprocket is rotatably attached to the strut. The push chain is engaged on the sprocket.

Abstract: Provided is a force sensor module which is configured to be disposed between a claw part of a robot hand and a drive section configured to drive the claw part and which includes: a force sensor; a first connection part configured to directly or indirectly connect the force sensor and the drive section; and a second connection part configured to directly or indirectly connect the force sensor and the claw part, the first connection part being connected with a fixing part of the force sensor, the second connection part being connected with a force receiver of the force sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a robot hand including: a plurality of claw members configured to grip a gripping target member; a support member that holds one end portions of the respective claw members such that the claw members are swingable; an actuator configured to drive the claw members; and a plurality of sensors attached to the respective claw members, each of the sensors being configured to sense an amount of deformation of a corresponding one of the claw members to which the sensors are attached, when the claw members grip the gripping target member.

Abstract: In order to reduce the chance that a metasurface pattern is damaged by electrostatic discharge, a force sensor module includes a first substrate having light transparency; a metasurface pattern provided on a first principal surface; a second substrate provided so as to face the first substrate and including a second principal surface facing the first principal surface; a reflective layer provided on the second principal surface; a spacer layer provided on the first principal surface and made of an electrically-conductive material; a joining layer for joining the second principal surface and the spacer layer together; and a grounding wire connected to the spacer layer.

Abstract: A force sensor module includes: a force sensor configured to detect an external force according to the amount of deflection of a strain element that deflects in response to the external force; a housing that accommodates the force sensor; and a force transferring section configured to transfer the external force to the strain element, the force transferring section being accommodated in the housing so as to be in contact with the strain element and having a part that includes an end of the force transferring section and that protrudes outside the housing through a surface of the housing, the amount of protrusion of the part of the force transferring section measured from the surface of the housing being set such that the force sensor is not damaged even in a case where the end lies in the same plane as the surface of the housing.

Abstract: A reduction of a bend of a drill during processing is achieved. A drilling device includes: a spindle for rotating a drill so that the drill processes an object; a parallel link mechanism configured to adjust a direction of the spindle; a force sensor configured to detect a moment from the object and about an axis perpendicular to an axial direction of the spindle while the object is processed; and a control section configured to control the parallel link mechanism on the basis of the moment detected by the force sensor so that the parallel link mechanism adjusts a direction of the spindle.

Abstract: A robot includes a robot hand, a robot arm, a force sensor, and a control device. The control device performs admittance control to determine a position of the robot hand in accordance with a force detected by the force sensor, and provides, to the robot arm, an instruction to move the robot hand to the determined position. Further, the control device records, as teaching data, the instruction provided to the robot arm.

Abstract: An improvement in reliability of manufacture of an assembly including a tap is achieved. A control section of a manufacturing system for manufacturing an assembly including a tap causes a robot to perform: a step of producing a first assembly by gripping a cap having an opening and engaging the cap with a collet having a recess such that the cap is placed on the collet; a step of producing a second assembly by gripping the first assembly and inserting the first assembly into a recess of a tap holder; and a step of producing a third assembly, which is an assembly including a tap, by gripping the tap and inserting the tap through the opening of the cap of the second assembly into the recess of the collet.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a force sensor including: preparing a first substrate which is made of a material that transmits electromagnetic waves and includes on its surface a metal array arranged in a periodic pattern and a second substrate which includes on its surface a metal layer that reflects electromagnetic waves; forming a spacer member on the surface of the first substrate; forming a first metal layer around the spacer member on the surface of the first substrate; forming a second metal layer in a region corresponding to the first metal layer on the second substrate; and fusing the first metal layer and the second metal layer together to fix the first substrate and the second substrate in a state in which the spacer member formed on the surface of the first substrate abuts the surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a force sensor including: a first substrate that is made of a material that transmits electromagnetic waves and includes a metal array arranged in a periodic pattern on its surface; a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate with a gap therebetween and includes a metal layer that reflects the electromagnetic waves transmitted through the first substrate on its surface; a connecting member configured to connect the first substrate to the second substrate and define an internal space that houses the metal array and the metal layer; and an inert substance that fills the internal space.

Abstract: A force sensor is provided, the force sensor including: a first substrate; a metasurface pattern provided on a principal surface; a protective layer covering the metasurface pattern; a second substrate provided so as to face the first substrate; a reflective layer provided on a second principal surface; and a spacer defining a spacing between the first substrate and the second substrate, so that the force sensor is capable of offering desired response characteristics specified at the time of design.

Abstract: Realized is a technology which allows more various operations with respect to an operation target. An operation device includes: at least one six-axis force-moment sensor; and a button. The at least one six-axis force-moment sensor can detect a force in a direction of a first axis which intersects a first main surface of a housing, a moment about the first axis, a force in a direction of a second axis which is along the first main surface, a moment about the second axis, a force in a direction of a third axis which is along the first main surface and which intersects the second axis, and a moment about the third axis. The button can detect at least the force in the direction of the first axis and the moments about the second and third axes, and is provided to the first main surface.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a pickup system which makes, even in a case of transporting a load by using a single unmanned flying object, the unmanned flying object and the load less likely to tilt. A pickup system (1) includes: a holder (11) for holding a load (L); a measuring instrument (14) for measuring the position of the center of gravity of the holder (11) holding the load (L); and a controller (15) for moving, to a position immediately above the position of the center of gravity of the holder (11) holding the load (L), a connector (12) which is attached to the holder (11) in a movable manner and which is for connecting the holder (11) to a drone (D).