Summary of the project

This project aims to achieve a fundamental advancement in general-purpose autonomous humanoid AI robots by establishing core technologies centered on whole-body tactile sensing using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and overcoming limitations in conventional robotic body structures. Next-generation EIT-based tactile sensors offering wide-area coverage, high spatial density, and high sensitivity will be integrated across the entire body of a humanoid AI robot using flexible functional materials. By processing vast amounts of tactile data in real time through attention mechanisms, the project will develop a new model of embodied intelligence that enables the robot to sense, act, understand, and adapt using its entire body.

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Milestone by year 2028

We will establish the core technologies for soft tactile sensors that offer the flexibility, stretchability, and durability required for whole-body integration. We will also develop a humanoid robot prototype that integrates the sensors, body mechanisms, signal processing, and AI, and demonstrate posture stabilization, adaptation to physical contact, and the learning of fundamental movements using whole-body contact information.

R&D Items

• [1] Technological and Theoretical Research
• [2] Proof of Concept Research

Performers

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