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Interesting research into how games technology has crossed into other industries (Part 2)

Writer's picture: Kirk TillerKirk Tiller

My second industry that I looked at for my GAM-401 module was the energy industry. I looked into how Teletouch technology, which is a form of Haptic Technology is being used to create new robotic breakthroughs.

Haptic Technology refers to the simulation of human touch using complex feedback, and has been a staple in game controllers for many years. The Ultraleap blog has a brilliant article for explaining haptic feedback here.


The Tactile Telerobot uses this technology in a truly groundbreaking way. It combines the Shadow Dextrous Hand, created by Shadow Robotics Group, the BioTac Sensors created by Syntouch LLC and the HaptX Gloves.


It allows the user to control a robot hand, from anywhere in the world, using 5G capabilities.


GIF credit:

Shadow Robotics Group







It can also use a VR headset (also a game technology) to see what the robot is doing from anywhere in the world.

Image credit: Converge Robotics Group


Shadow Robotics Company claim that this technology can solve 7 key risks in the nuclear energy industry, and are currently in talks with Sellafield and NNL (Nuclear Energy Companies) about putting it to work. This is all referenced in their PDF document "Introducing the Shadow Telehand".

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