Shake hands with an astronaut who is currently aboard the ISS?
It sounds incredible—and it truly is. Incredible, but possible!
This was made possible thanks to a very special device carried by astronaut Oleg Kononenko when he launched to the International Space Station on July 23, 2015.
Looking back
Germany, over a year earlier.
An extraordinary project begins.
Together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Sensodrive started developing a unique joystick named Kontur-2.
Its purpose: to control a robotic arm across vast distances—from space itself.
Kontur-2 was also equipped with state-of-the-art force feedback technology. This means the joystick motors transmit the forces that the robotic arm exerts on its environment back to the astronaut—for example, during a handshake.
The potential applications go far beyond handshakes:
This is the future of technology.
Force Feedback Joystick SensoStick
