Avatar XPRIZE: $5 Million Winner NimbRo
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Team NimbRo believes avatar tech could help reduce carbon emissions & travel costs as well as "remote interaction in situations difficult due to distance or danger to humans." The "NimbRo Avatar" is a combination of a robot and operator station. The robot "has a human-like upper body with two arms equipped with dexterous five-finger hands. The robot’s head is mounted on a robotic arm that gives it full freedom to move, mirroring the operator’s head movements. The upper body is mounted on a holonomic base, ensuring full movement capability. The operator station is equipped with two robotic arms and hand exoskeletons, measuring the operator’s arm and finger movements and providing force and haptic feedback. The operator wears a VR head-mounted display with headphones that allows full immersion in the remote situation. Their feet control the robot’s movement in three axes. The operator face is captured by cameras and animated in the Avatar head to display facial expressions and gaze to the Recipient."
