As a partner robot, it never leaves the side of its master. It transforms into a vehicle that augments its master’s physical functions—motional and sensory—and travels with the master as one. It is a machine lifeform produced from the latest robotics and AI technologies fused by product design. Its name is CanguRo.
As a partner robot, it never leaves the side of its master. It transforms into a vehicle that augments its master’s physical functions—motional and sensory—and travels with the master as one. It is a machine lifeform produced from the latest robotics and AI technologies fused by product design. Its name is CanguRo.
Raptor A mobility scooter convertible for multiple purposes Raptor is most characterized by its body configuration—the upper and lower parts are detachable from each other.
Raptor is a three-wheeled platform mobility scooter featuring kaleidoscopic transformation. With the upper design unit swapped, Raptor will have its shape and functions reconfigured for many different purposes. The upper and lower parts are joined by a unique coupler unit that enables secure and easy connection of mechanical structures. This mechanism allows creators and entrepreneurs in many fields to easily and freely produce brand-new mobility tools by developing Raptor-compatible design units. Being a mobility platform, Raptor will go far beyond the concept of vehicles—it will produce new businesses and cultures, bringing drastic change and growth to the world of mobility infrastructure.
ROIDS TECH INC. Roidz Tech is a startup jointly founded by two heroes of the Japanese robotics industry: Anri Sugihara, President and Representative Director of RDS, and Takayuki Furuta, General Manager at Future Robotics Technology Center of Chiba Institute of Technology (fuRo). Roidz Tech is committed to delivering futuristic mobility vehicles and robots to the world, uniting RDS’s expertise in making things with fuRo’s AI and robotics technologies. Japan has been facing the problem of aging population and a declining birthrate, and Roidz Tech was established in the midst of it to promote mobility and activity of all people including middle-aged and senior citizens, thus activating society and economy. Solving issues of the aging society requires updating the mobility infrastructure for people and automating things based on AI and robotics. Yet we at Roidz Tech dare emphasize one thing—excitement. Being hopeful and excited, we will build the future. We will uplift the society if it lacks excitement. We at Roidz Tech are committed to delivering futuristic mobility vehicles to all people and driving the society into a fun, bright future. For more information on Raptor, please contact Roidz Tech (roidztech.com) .Chainy - 感覚を生み出す椅子fuRomovie2022-10-21 | この椅子は、空間にあふれる情報を触覚で感じることができる特別な椅子です。背もたれや座面には複数の回転接触子(モーター)が埋め込まれ、これらが群れのように連動して回転することによって、皮ふ表面の広い面積にひねりを加え、力の二次元的な分布を提示します。身体と情報空間の有機的な接続に挑む東京大学の稲見自在化身体プロジェクトの基礎研究をもとに、fuRoが社会実装可能な技術を開発しました。
A Chair Generates Somatic Sense This special chair allows you to feel a haptic sensation according to the environment information brimming around us. Multiple rotating tactors (motors) are embedded in the backrest and seat, which rotate in tandem like a crowd, deforming a large area of the human skin surface and presenting a two-dimensional time-varying distribution of force. Based on the basic research of the University of Tokyo's INAMI JIZAI-BODY PROJECT, which is challenging the organic connection between the body and information space, fuRo has developed a technology that can be implemented in society.
Basic technology design: Arata Horie (The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)/ JST ERATO INAMI JIZAI-BODY PROJECT Social implementation design: Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo) at CHIBA Institute of Technology
Choose your favorite fireworks, combine them, and send them up in the sky.
The history of Japan’s fireworks started more than 400 years ago. Even today, firework shells are made by the hands of the artisans one by one. The shows, however, have greatly evolved with the leading-edge technology.
Thousands of fireworks shells are launched in sync with music and staging. The accuracy, speed, and safety depend on computers. Without elaborate programming and simulation and a state-of-the-art ignition system, today’s fireworks shows are not possible.
Most spectator events are restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many fireworks events remain canceled this year. However, you can launch your own fireworks here. Design your original show and watch the fireworks explode on the huge screen as you wish. Let’s hope that one day soon people can freely come and go across the globe and enjoy the fireworks in the real sky again.
TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN® CAMPUS, CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY cit-skytree.jp/en
fuRo collaborated with Direction Tomohiro Akagawa (A-KAK Co., Ltd.) Movie Direction Sayaka Shimada (Nihonbashi Marutamaya Co., Ltd.) Sound Effects Rei Shimano (Nihonbashi Marutamaya Co., Ltd.) Fireworks Movie Supervision Sei Iwano (Nihonbashi Marutamaya Co., Ltd.) Simulation Programming Takayoshi Ohara UI Programming Tatsuya Ogusu (A-KAK Co., Ltd.) Sound Programming Yoshihito Nakanishi (A-KAK Co., Ltd.) UI Design Hu Yuanyuan Music Junko Takamisawa, Katsuya Takamisawa (Takamisawa Music Room) iPad Programming Rei Kawakami Touch monitor Furniture Kun Company 3D Sound Mix Studio ARM. Inc. Footage Supply Nihonbashi Marutamaya Co., Ltd., AQUA Geo Graphic Special Thanks Nae Morita (maart Ltd.)
Style & Customization Several modular frames structure this vehicle. This frame configuration made of CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics) allows us various compact and stylish designs besides customizations preferred by individual users.
Easy to Ride Everyone can ride and operate the vehicle easily. A joystick controls its movements of straight running or turning. LED lights at the front and rear frames show the vehicle’s acceleration and deceleration states.
Electrical and Manual Drives For indoor and fine movements, the vehicle can also be driven manually by hands like ordinary wheelchairs. Both electrical and manual drives are available with newly developed drive units.
Even When Going Far The vehicle can quickly be disassembled. By removing the rear wheels with one touch and folding the mainframe back and forth, we can go out by car with this vehicle in its trunk.
Get on CYBER WHEEL X and experience wheelchair racing and marathon in the VR world. Set in 2100, the courses have been designed according to actual 3D scans of Tokyo. The VR vehicle on display here is based on the WF01TR racing wheelchair, designed by a team of specialists including Paralympic medalist Tomoya Ito. On the electronically controlled pushrims, you will feel the load change as you climb up and down the slopes in the video. Join races with other players online, or race against simulated top racers. Besides entertainment, CYBER WHEEL X serves as an excellent training tool for wheelchair athletes, recording the right and left wheel speeds and travel distances.
CYBER WHEEL was invented and developed by 1→10, Inc. in 2017. In 2019, RDS and 1→10 brought it onto a higher stage of evolution in pursuit of entertainment.
RDS: Artistic design, engineering design, and development of the racing wheelchairs (WF01TR racing wheelchair and VR wheelchair) 1→10: Invention and development of CYBER WHEEL (2017) and artistic design, engineering design, and development of the VR world and system software fuRo, CIT: Design and development of the pushrim controllerCanguRo - Technical DetailsfuRomovie2018-07-13 | モビリティを未来の次元へ 「モビリティ&パートナー」の両方を実現するために、CanguRoには、これまで取り組み続けてきたトランスフォームの技術が生かされています。モビリティーの時は「Rideモード 」、知能ロボットパートナーの時は歩いている人の目線に近づく「Roidモード」に変形します。 この新しいカテゴリーをRideとRoidでRidRoidと名付け、その第一弾が「CanguRo」です。今後、様々な形態のRidRoidを開発し、自動車やバイクと同じようにRidRoidというカテゴリのモビリティが世界中を走りまわることを期待しています。
Bringing Mobility into Future Dimensions To provide the user with mobility and be a good partner, CanguRo exploits fuRo’s transformation technologies. In ride mode, CanguRo is an efficient provider of mobility. In roid mode, it operates as an intelligent robot partner.
The new category is named RideRoid, a combination of ride and roid. Following CanguRo, we will continue to produce many more RideRoids in the future, wishing to have them run around the world like cars and motorcycles today.T-iROBO RebarfuRomovie2017-10-16 | 学校法人千葉工業大学(理事長:瀬戸熊修)は、大成建設株式会社(社長:村田誉之)と共同で、自動で鉄筋を結束する自律型鉄筋結束ロボット「T-iROBO Rebar(ティーアイロボ・リバー)」を開発しました。ロボット解剖学 Robot AnatomyfuRomovie2017-04-25 | 周囲の状況を把握するカメラやセンサー、複雑な脚の動きを実現するたくさんのモーター、それらを統合して制御する頭脳。ロボットは実に多くの精密部品が組み合わされて出来ています。Robot Anatomy[ロボット解剖学]は、実際に展示されているロボット Halluc II をカメラで色々な角度から捉え、リアルタイム映像に重ね合わされたCGのHalluc IIを輪切りにしながら、ロボットの複雑な内部の構造をじっくり見ることが出来る展示です。
A robot consists of a number of precision components such as cameras and sensors to understand its surrounding environment, motors to achieve complex motions, and computers that integrate and control them. Robotic Anatomy captures Halluc II, the robot in the exhibition, from various angles and overlay CG visualization of its complex inner structure, thus enabling us to observe and understand its inner workings.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Chiba Institute of Technology have jointly developed the remotely operated "Sakura No. 2 (anti-explosive model)" robot that features greatly reduced risk of electrical spark or heat creation that can cause explosions or fire when inflammable gas is present. It is the first mobile robot in Japan that can be remotely operated either wirelessly or by wire to be officially certified as anti-explosive. Applications and demand will be developed for safe and efficient data collection, inspection and light work in environments that require equipment to be anti-explosive such as tunnel accidents and petrochemical plants.熊本県 宇土市役所 被災状況調査結果 Damage Evaluation at Uto city hall, KumamotofuRomovie2016-07-19 | 2016年4月16日、熊本県で最大震度7の地震を観測しました。大きな被害を受けた宇土市役所は、倒壊寸前で人が立ち入ることができないため、ロボットによる調査を行いました。
On April 14, 2016, a devastating earthquake (7 in Richter Scale) hit Kumamoto prefecture. Uto city hall was damaged to a brink of collapse. It was too dangerous for human to go in for inspection and a rescue robot, named Sakura 1, was sent to evaluate the damage.Halluc IIχfuRomovie2015-08-28 | Hallucigeniaシリーズの最新モデル、Halluc IIχ(ハルクツー・カイ)。 2015年9月3~7日に開催されたArs Electronica Festival 2015(オーストリア、リンツ)で初公開しました。
Halluc IIχ The concept of Halluc II, model 2 of the Hallucigenia project, is a future vehicle that can co-exists with natural environment. It features a newly developed ultra-multi-motored system with 56 motors, which makes traveling on unpaved surfaces possible and eliminates the need for paving. It transforms into three modes: vehicle, insect, and animal mode. The fusion of humanoid robot technologies and automobile technologies realized the unprecedented mobility of Halluc II. Although Halluc II has been demonstrated worldwide, for example at DESIGN INDABA in South Africa, Ars Electronica in Australia and Miraikan in Japan, this is the world premiere of the newest creation of the Hallucigenia project, called Halluc IIχ.
Concept and Design: Shunji Yamanaka (L.E.D) System Design and Engineering: fuRo (Future Robotics Technology Center) at Chiba Institute of Technology
Movie : Kaoru Imafuku, Coordinate : maart Ltd.ILY - AfuRomovie2015-08-28 | ILY-Aは利用シーンに応じてトランスフォームするロボット技術応用の知能化安全技術を搭載した未来のモビリティ。若者からアクティブシニアまであらゆる世代の生活シーンで、移動・行動をサポートする近未来の"足"、それが「ILY-A」です。 ILY-Aは4種類の形態に変形(トランスフォーム)させることで多種な用途に対応します。ベビーカーとほぼ同程度の超小型サイズでありながら、ロボット技術を応用した新開発の「知能化安全技術」を搭載し、突然飛び出してくる人や障害物などを動・静止物体に関わらず認識し、自動で車体の速度を減速して制動制御します。安全かつ気軽に使え、人々の行動範囲を広げることで、あらゆる世代の人々が快活に活動する社会を実現するために開発された近未来の乗り物です。 ILY-Aの利用により行動範囲を広げるライフスタイルの提案と新たな"生活ツール"の確立を目指します。ILY-Aはミラノサローネ2015にて一般公開されました。 GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2015 ベスト100 受賞。
ILY-A is a three-wheel one-person compact electric mobility vehicle that transforms into four configurations to meet the needs of a wide variety of situations. The ultra compact body is about the size of a baby stroller and contains all-new robotics-based intelligent safety technologies. It recognizes all stationary and moving objects such as a person or an obstacle suddenly jumping into view, and automatically reduces speed and controls the brakes. It is a neo-futuristic vehicle that will serve as futuristic “legs” for people of all ages, from youths to active seniors, supporting their locomotion and activities in a wide range of scenes. With ILY-A, we propose a lifestyle with greater range of activities and strive to establish this vehicle as a new standard tool for people’s everyday life.
Movie Akio Okamoto, Coordinate maart Ltd.災害対応ロボットfuRomovie2013-05-07 | 災害対応ロボット「クインス(Quince)」は、クローラー型の移動ロボットで、災害現場やプラントなどでの探査を行う目的で開発されました。クローラーは自動車などの車輪と違って地面との接触面積が広く、荒れ地や不整地、あるいは階段などの坂道でも走行が可能です。東日本大震災に伴う原子力発電所事故における探査作業での実績から、このタイプのロボットの実用性が高く評価されました。今後、さらに活躍の場面が広がることが想定され、普及に向けた基盤作りがさまざまに始められています。
Demonstrative experiment at Disaster City, a disaster rescue training facility in Texas, USAcore (歩行・100kg荷重)fuRomovie2010-10-08 | 「core(コア)」は本プロジェクトのもと開発された、大型ロボット脚部のプロトタイプ1号機であり、二足歩行ロボットとしては世界最大級である100kgの可搬重量性能を有する。core (深い屈伸・100kg荷重)fuRomovie2010-10-08 | 「core(コア)」は本プロジェクトのもと開発された、大型ロボット脚部のプロトタイプ1号機であり、二足歩行ロボットとしては世界最大級である100kgの可搬重量性能を有する。core (歩行・56kg荷重)fuRomovie2010-10-08 | 「core(コア)」は本プロジェクトのもと開発された、大型ロボット脚部のプロトタイプ1号機であり、二足歩行ロボットとしては世界最大級である100kgの可搬重量性能を有する。