Key items in the development of a new smart robot generation are explained
in light of DLR 's recent activities in robotics research. These items are
the design of articulated hands, ultra-lightweight links, and joint drive s
ystems with integrated joint torque control sensory feedback including real
-time 3-D vision, learning and skill-transfer; modeling the environment usi
ng sensorfusion, and new sensor-based off-line programming techniques based
on teaching by showing in a virtual environment.