Smart glove: hand master using magnetorheological fluid actuators

Y. J. Nam; M. K. Park; R. Yamane

doi:10.1117/12.783776

9 January 2008 Smart glove: hand master using magnetorheological fluid actuators

Y. J. Nam, M. K. Park, R. Yamane

Proceedings Volume 6794, ICMIT 2007: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials; 679434 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.783776
Event: ICMIT 2007: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials, 2007, Gifu, Japan

Abstract

In this study, a hand master using five miniature magneto-rheological (MR) actuators, which is called 'the smart glove', is introduced. This hand master is intended to display haptic feedback to the fingertip of the human user interacting with any virtual objects in virtual environment. For the smart glove, two effective approaches are proposed: (i) by using the MR actuator which can be considered as a passive actuator, the smart glove is made simple in structure, high in power, low in inertia, safe in interface and stable in haptic feedback, and (ii) with a novel flexible link mechanism designed for the position-force transmission between the fingertips and the actuators, the number of the actuator and the weight of the smart glove can be reduced. These features lead to the improvement in the manipulability and portability of the smart glove. The feasibility of the constructed smart glove is verified through basic performance evaluation.

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Y. J. Nam, M. K. Park, and R. Yamane "Smart glove: hand master using magnetorheological fluid actuators", Proc. SPIE 6794, ICMIT 2007: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials, 679434 (9 January 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.783776

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