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When the robot detects that the person
is trying to hold the device steady, it actually
slows down the motion and adds damping into the system so that it moves more
smoothly
and is easier to hold in place when they need to. And then when the person relaxes
again,
and the robot detects that they're trying to move the device over a
distance again,
it then removes that restriction and will move quickly again.
Basically, what we're doing is we are
taking some sensor measurements of the person
and trying to make the robot smarter. So, typically robots are designed
just in a vacuum. The robot is designed as the robot and that's the way it works.
But what we're trying to do is give the robot some knowledge
of the people that will be using it to make that robot more intelligent and
more user friendly.