Passing on the skills of experienced workers to the next generation has long been a challenge for manufacturers.
To solve this problem, a team at Hitachi R&D is developing a glove called “FREEDi”. The glove uses multiple built-in sensors to monitor the movement, finger pressure and noises when a worker grips an object. We interviewed Naoko Ushio, a designer in the R&D group developing the glove.
