Patent — available for licensing
Advanced Robotic Sensing Technologies
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
NASA and General Motors, two organizations at the forefront of autonomous robotics, have collaborated to develop Robonaut 2 (R2) – a state-of-the-art, dexterous, humanoid robot capable of performing tasks in an automated fashion (or via teleoperation). The technology developed throughout the project represents the cutting edge of autonomous, humanoid robotics. These technologies are available for licensing, both in a modular fashion or as an integrated system, to enhance your robotic products. Please see the Related Links section below for information on additional R2 robotics technologies, including those related to hands, arms, and interface/control systems. Designing a humanoid robot with human-like sensory and perception systems requires an extensive sensor suite (R2 has over 350 integrated sensors). Several novel sensors were developed to accomplish this goal, including a flexible perception system, tendon tension sensor, contact state estimation sensor, and load sensors in the fingers that give R2 its tactile sense (i.e., sense of “touch”).