"raidho36" wrote:
... I don't think pneumatic machinery will even be applicable for "macrohaptics" come to think of it, it needs to be elecrtically driven motors.
I did buy 70 electric hobby servos of various torques to use for this haptic glove project. They are still in storage waiting to resume this project. For now my prototype is powered by pulling on loop tied at the end of the cords.
It was quite effective, but like in the prototype idea in the first post here, it made for sore knuckles where the threads applied pressure. The coffee stirrers (used to form bowden cable segments) helped remove much of that pressure, but not all of it.
There are places in exohaptics where I think pneumatics would be appropriate. For example, an exoskeletal version of the shadow robot hand:
http://www.shadowrobot.com/products/air-muscles/
Air muscles are generally lighter and cheaper than electrics, and limits can be imposed for them too. Sure they can wear out, but just make them easy to replace...
Not glove, but interesting things
"Davideus" wrote:
Not glove, but interesting things
The novint falcon is great but won't give you the fidelity of a glove. That said, it's actually pretty powerful and realistic for feeling when you've hit something, or something hits back.
