Using a fingertip tactile device to substitute kinesthetic feedback in haptic interaction

Authors:
Domenico Prattichizzo;Claudio Pacchierotti;Stefano Cenci;Kouta Minamizawa;Giulio Rosati
Affiliations:
Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Siena, Italy;Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Siena, Italy;Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy;Graduate School of Media Design, University of Keio, Japan;Dept. of Innovation in Mechanics and Management, University of Padua, Italy
Venue:
EuroHaptics'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Haptics: generating and perceiving tangible sensations, Part I
Year:
2010

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Abstract

A prototype of a joystick where the kinesthetic feedback is substituted by tactile feedback is proposed. Tactile feedback is provided by a wearable device able to apply vertical stress to the fingertip in contact with the joystick. To test the device, rigid wall rendering is considered. Preliminary experiments show that the sensation of touching a virtual wall using the force feedback provided by the electric motor of the joystick is nearly indistinguishable from the sensation felt by the user using the tactile display only. The proposed device does not suffer from typical stability issues of teleoperation systems and is intrinsically safe.