Metal deposition attracts much attention from various industries because of its applicability to complex-shaped production with high efficiency. This study is now trying to establish a dissimilar-metal joint technique applying direct energy deposition, which deposits powder material with a high-power laser, and construct the time-domain thermal simulation.

I will give a demonstration of a mobile robot for the purpose of the living and life support. Various sensors such as range image sensors are attached on the robot and we can control remotely while judging sensor information. The robot can go to a destination by remote controlling and can avoiding obstacles automatically.

Transmission of force sensation between remote areas is realized by bilateral control with master-slave robots. We try to create a new society where motion or action can be edited and reproduced freely. This society is called IoA (Internet of Action) society which is considered as a new IoT society.

A developed “electro-adhesive sheet (EA sheet)” can control the adhesion at the surface according to applied electric field. The EA sheet is applicable to the brake, clutch, fixture mechanism and so on. We will exhibit the practical application devices in our booth.

We research on production process of optical elements, analyzing the sub-surface damage due to nanoscale cutting and grinding of optical materials. In addition, we are working on development of intelligent machine tools which have ability to control machining force and vibration according to cutting state. In our booth, we will exhibit samples of optical elements produced by ultra-precision machining and show the developed intelligent machine tools.