First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (WHC'05) Sketching the Future of the SmartMesh Wide Area Haptic Feedback Device by Introducing the Controlling Concept for such a Deformable Multi-loop Mechanism Pisa, Italy March 18-March 20 ISBN: 0-7695-2310-2
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/WHC.2005.116
Lately, we have been proposing a novel concept for a wide area haptic feedback device. It is based on a deformable mechanical structure capable of morphing its shape in order to imitate a desired object. Due to the physical presence of the resulting shape, the latter can intuitively be touched and explored with the whole hand. The prototype has been called SmartMesh [1]. After a short review of the SmartMesh mechanism, this paper focuses on the controllability issue of such a multi-degree of freedom structure and introduces the concept and the implementation of the control algorithm responsible for providing the required parameters for the actuation of the mechanical structure. The results emphasize the amazing deformation capability and expressiveness of a future haptic feedback enabled user interface device based on the SmartMesh concept.
Citation:
Andrea Mazzone, Andreas Kunz, "Sketching the Future of the SmartMesh Wide Area Haptic Feedback Device by Introducing the Controlling Concept for such a Deformable Multi-loop Mechanism," whc, pp.308-315, First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (WHC'05), 2005 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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