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, USA-based Barrett Technology was incorporated by

William T. Townsend Bill Townsend founded Barrett Technology in 1988. He is credited with introducing the WAM arm, the first haptic robot and one of the first haptic devices based on novel differential and high-speed cable drives. Bill holds engineering PhD'88 and ...

in 1990.Barrett Technology Inc.
- Company Information Barrett manufactures robotic arms and hands installed in 20 countries on 6 continents. Barrett is credited in ''

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, Millennium Edition'', as maker of the world’s “most advanced robotic arm.” Its 7-axis robotic arm, named the WAM arm for Whole Arm Manipulation is based on Puck electronics and mechanical drive technologies and designed to interact directly with people. One application of an early version of the technology has been the arm manufactured and sold by MAKO Surgical Corp. which enables haptically-guided minimally-invasive knee surgery. The Puck powered BarrettHand BH8-series product is based on technology licensed from the

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and developed by Gill Pratt,

Yoky Matsuoka Yoky Matsuoka (松岡陽子 Matsuoka Yōko, born c. 1972 in Japan) is the CEO and Founder of Yohana (an independent subsidiary of Panasonic). She was the CTO of Google Nest, a co-founder of Google X and previously held roles as VP of Technolog ...

, and William Townsend into its present form.

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