Military looks for better touch with PacBots

Advanced gamer hardware may soon allow PacBot operators to tell exactly how hard a robot's grip is, allowing soldiers to more safely pick up and handle fragile or dangerous objects, while also increasing their situational awareness. Novint Technologies, a company that makes 3-D touch controllers for video and computer games, announced last month that it has been awarded a subcontract to co-develop a remote touch kit for the iRobot unmanned ground vehicle PacBot.

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