Handheld Haptics: A USB Media Controller with Force Sensing

  • Authors:
  • Karon E. MacLean;Michael J. Shaver;Dinesh K. Pai

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • HAPTICS '02 Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We discuss design principles for a handheld haptic device, scenarios for their use, and our implementation of a portable handheld haptic device following these principles. Handheld devices offer unique challenges and opportunities for haptics: they are compact, simple and consequently low cost, while promising comfort, low fatigue, and affordances for many useful tasks such as controlling digital media. We also describe the implementation of a semi-portable handheld force feedback display consisting of single actuated degree of freedom, orthogonal force sensing, and a USB controller for ease of connectivity to a variety of hosts.