DocumentCode
324124
Title
Force display system using particle-type electrorheological fluids
Author
Sakaguchi, Masamichi ; Furusho, Junji
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput.-Controlled Mech. Syst., Osaka Univ., Japan
Volume
3
fYear
1998
fDate
16-20 May 1998
Firstpage
2586
Abstract
We developed ER actuators with low inertia. ER actuator is a torque-controllable clutch which uses an electrorheological fluid. It is shown that this actuator has good properties for force display device, physical therapy treatment, etc. Then, we developed new force display devices for virtual reality by using the developed ER actuators
Keywords
electric actuators; electrorheology; interactive devices; torque control; virtual reality; ER actuators; force display device; force display system; particle-type electrorheological fluids; physical therapy treatment; torque-controllable clutch; virtual reality; Actuators; Computer displays; Erbium; Force control; Humans; Mechanical systems; Proportional control; Rheology; Shearing; Virtual reality;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Leuven
ISSN
1050-4729
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4300-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680731
Filename
680731
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