Publications / 1996 Proceedings of the 13th ISARC, Tokyo, Japan

Overview of the National Project "Friendly Network Robotics"

Masayuki Kondo
Pages 1-7 (1996 Proceedings of the 13th ISARC, Tokyo, Japan, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

The Agency of Industrial Science and Technology of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry has started the feasibility study on the new project "Friendly Network Robotics" in 1996. This project is conducted under the Industrial Science and Technology Frontier Program. The project aims at developing technologies to construct human friendly robots that can provide various useful services to human beings in their daily lives. Research agenda include human friendly robot mechanisms, human-robot collaboration control methods, distributed intelligence technologies and network tele-robot technologies with the future advancement of communication network technology in mind.

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