A Proposal of a Watch-like Attachable Device for Long-Reach Robotic Arm Enhancement

Abstract

This paper proposes a modular watch-like thrust-generating concept, called flying watch, which can be attached to a robotic arm to enhance arm strength. Multiple flying watches can be attached with an attachment style customized to a specific mission. Flying watch has a compact propulsion system in order to avoid collision and removable and adjustable watch bands similar to wristwatch in order to be attached to different robotic arms. After attachment, flying watches adapt their thrusts to cooperate with existing arm actuators to reduce their loads. Flying watch provides existing long arms higher strength and versatility to accomplish more missions and gives roboticists more flexibility to build more slim long arms. The important elements for realizing such concept will be detailed in this paper.

Using robots at work during the COVID‐19 crisis evokes passion decay: Evidence from field and experimental studies

“…Plus, co‐workers can signal enthusiasm or support through various non‐verbal channels as well (Argyle, 1972; Sethi & Seth, 2009). By contrast, robots in the workplace are ill‐equipped to respond in novel and custom ways to provide feedback or further instruction (Pan & Endo, 2019; Wirtz et al, 2019). Integrating the above with the model of passion decay, using robots in the course of work may result in more generic and sterile experience that may jeopardise the attachment employees feel towards their work (Baum & Locke, 2004).…”