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Abstract

Brake-actuated haptic devices, a subset of passive haptic devices, are not yet common, so their capabilities and limitations are only superficially understood. In this paper, we identify an optimal kinematics, and introduce a prototype of a life-size brake-actuated haptic device. With the new device, we conducted experiments with human subjects to evaluate the efficacy of passively created virtual environments. We identified key performance drawbacks that modern robotics theories fail to anticipate and overcome, and investigated design methods that can avoid such drawbacks.

Notes

Associated Center(s) / Consortia: Medical Robotics Technology Center

Associated Lab(s) / Group(s): Neurobotics Laboratory

Number of pages: 10

Text Reference

Yoky Matsuoka and W.T. Townsend, "Design of Life-Size Haptic Environments," Experimental Robotics VII, Rus and Singh, ed., 2001

BibTeX Reference

@incollection{Matsuoka_2001_3496,
   author = "Yoky Matsuoka and W.T. Townsend",
   editor = "Rus and Singh",
   title = "Design of Life-Size Haptic Environments",
   booktitle = "Experimental Robotics VII",
   year = "2001",
}

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