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Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (WHC'07)
A Wearable Haptic Display to Present the Gravity Sensation - Preliminary Observations and Device Design
Tsukuba, Japan
March 22-March 24
ISBN: 0-7695-2738-8
Kouta Minamizawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Hiroyuki Kajimoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Naoki Kawakami, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Susumu Tachi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
We propose a wearable, ungrounded haptic display that presents the realistic gravity sensation of a virtual object. We focused on the shearing stress on the fingerpads duo to the weight of the object, and found that the deformation of the fingerpads can generate the reliable gravity sensation even when the proprioceptive sensation on the wrist or arm is absent. This implies that a non-grounded gravity display can be realized by reproducing the fingerpad deformation. According to our observations, we had evaluation tests for device design. We implemented the prototype device which has simple structure using dual motors, and then evaluated the recognition ability of the gravity sensation presented on operator's fingerpads with this method.
Citation:
Kouta Minamizawa, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Naoki Kawakami, Susumu Tachi, "A Wearable Haptic Display to Present the Gravity Sensation - Preliminary Observations and Device Design," whc, pp.133-138, Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (WHC'07), 2007
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