Feeling the Softness of Virtual Objects with a Continuous and Passive Haptic Device

Author

Wu, Juan ; Song, Aiguo ; Li, Jianqing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Instrum. Sci. & Eng., Southeast Univ., Nanjing

fYear

2006

fDate

3-5 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A new softness display system has been developed which is based on the principle of deformable length of elastic element control (DLEEC). In this system, operator can feel the softness of the virtual objects with the softness display device. Compared with other haptic device, the device is passive and exert the react force only when the operator "actively touch" the virtual objects. The stability of the softness display system is analyzed, and some experimental results are presented to show the validity of the proposed approach

Keywords

computer displays; haptic interfaces; virtual reality; DLEEC principle; continuous haptic device; elastic element control; passive haptic device; softness display system; virtual objects; Collaborative work; Computer displays; Control systems; Design engineering; Force feedback; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Instruments; Shape; Virtual reality; Passive; Softness display; elastic beam; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2006. CSCWD '06. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0164-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0165-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2006.253042

Filename

4019078