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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4300-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680731
