Abstract: A calibration system including a stage, a weighting jig, a parallel link mechanism, and a control apparatus is provided. A weighted body includes a force sensor configured to output a value based on a load value including at least a component in one axial direction among components in six axial directions of a load applied to the weighted body, and a master sensor calibrated to output the load value according to the load. The parallel link mechanism includes output parts corresponding to the six rods, respectively. The six rods are connected in parallel to the weighting jig. The control apparatus is configured to control an output of each of the output parts, relatively displace the weighting jig with respect to the stage, and calibrate the force sensor on the basis of the value output from the force sensor and the load value output from the master sensor.

Abstract: An interface apparatus configured to provide a user with a climbing experience in a virtual space includes: a board to which holds are attached; a movement mechanism configured to move positions of the holds on the board; force sensors that each detect a force and a moment which are applied from the user to a corresponding one of the holds or which are applied from each of the holds to the user; and an input and output section that provides a signal indicative of the force and the moment to a simulation apparatus configured to generate the virtual space and that acquires, from the simulation apparatus, a control signal for controlling the movement mechanism so as to move the holds.

Abstract: An interface apparatus for providing a user with a hang gliding experience in a virtual space includes: a control bar which the user is to grip; a tilt mechanism which supports the control bar from above such that the control bar is tiltable; a force sensor that is provided to the tilt mechanism and that detects a force and a moment which are applied from the user to the control bar; and an input and output section that provides a signal indicative of the force and the moment to a simulation apparatus configured to generate the virtual space and that acquires, from the simulation apparatus, a control signal for controlling the tilt mechanism so as to tilt the control bar.

Abstract: An interface apparatus for providing a user with a board sport experience in a virtual space includes: a board on which the user is to board; a tilt mechanism that supports the board from below such that the board is tiltable; a force sensor that is provided to the board or the tilt mechanism and that detects a force and a moment which are applied from the user to the board; and an input and output section that provides a signal indicative of the force and the moment to a simulation apparatus configured to generate the virtual space and that acquires, from the simulation apparatus, a control signal for controlling the tilt mechanism so as to tilt the board.

Abstract: An interface apparatus includes: a plurality of force plates provided over a floor of a real space; and an output section that provides, with respect to a plurality of users, a simulation apparatus configured to generate a virtual space with an output signal from a force plate 11 that has detected a foot pressure of a user and a signal indicating a position of the user on the floor and a posture of the user, the position and the posture each having been specified on the basis of a position of the force plate on the floor.

Abstract: A force sensor includes a force receiver which receives a force or a moment that acts on a detection target part, and a strain element which is provided to a sensor base and which serves as an elastic support that supports the force receiver. The force sensor includes two systems of detecting sections which each independently detect strain of four beam parts of the strain element, two systems of computing circuits which each independently compute, on the basis of a detection result that has been outputted from a corresponding one of the two systems of detecting sections, the force or the moment that acts on the detection target part, and two systems of output sections which each independently output, as an electrical signal, a computation result that has been outputted from a corresponding one of the two systems of computing circuits.

Abstract: Provided is a technique with which a batter who is practicing batting with a tee can acknowledge how the batter should change his/her hitting posture. An information processing device includes a processor that executes: (a) continuously measuring, according to either or both of output signals from a motion sensor and a force plate, a posture of a batter who is practicing batting with a tee; (b) determining, according to an output signal from a force sensor internally stored in the tee, a timing at which the batter hits a ball placed at the tee; (c) determining, as a hitting posture of the batter, a posture of the batter at the determined timing; and (d) outputting a message instructing the batter to change the batter's hitting posture, according to information indicating an exemplary hitting posture and information indicating the determined batter's hitting posture.

Abstract: A cover includes: a covering part which covers a gripping part of a robot hand and which is constituted by an insulator; and a shielding layer which is provided inside the covering part and which is constituted by a conductor. The shielding layer covers a sensor included in the gripping part or a sensor provided in the covering part.

Abstract: Provided is a technique that makes it possible both to protect a gripping target object that is gripped by a gripping part of a robot hand, and to further increase accuracy of detection by a sensor. A sensor unit includes: a diaphragm that is provided in a gripping part of a robot hand; and a sensor unit that detects an external force while being provided in the diaphragm. The diaphragm has a film that is capable of adjusting resistance to displacement, and the sensor is provided in the film.

Abstract: A torque sensor is provided that achieves miniaturization and that has a high degree of freedom in design of resolution. The torque sensor includes: a first plate-like member including a spacer that is plate-like; and a second plate-like member fastened to the first plate-like member. In an outer circumferential region of the second plate-like member outside the spacer, a film-shaped strain gauge disposed in a recess that is provided on an outer edge of the spacer, and a film-shaped wire connected to the film-shaped strain gauge are provided.

Abstract: An operation device receives an operation which an operator has carried out in order to move an operation target. The operation device includes an operation section, a first member, a second member, and a force sensor. The operation section is capable of being subjected to one or both of a tilting operation and a rotating operation. The first member is mechanically connected to the operation section and is displaced in accordance with an amount of operation by the operation section. The second member stops the first member at a predetermined stop position. The force sensor detects, while the second member is stopping the first member, a force or moment which is applied to the second member.

Abstract: An operation system includes: a force sensor; and a stick body configured to transmit, to a strain element of the force sensor, force or moment which has been received; and a control section configured to detect a direction of the force or moment received by the stick body, on the basis of an output of the force sensor, and to generate an operation signal for an object to be operated in accordance with the direction detected.

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: 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: 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: 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 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 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.