Title :
Haptic Aided Soft-touch Multi-material Product Design
Author :
Gao, Zhan ; Chen, Yonghua ; Lian, Lili
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Hong Kong Univ.
Abstract :
In recent years, thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) based multi-material molded products have found wide spread uses in various industries and every-day life. Today´s computer-aided design (CAD) tools are very cumbersome in designing multi-material parts. This paper proposes a top-down design methodology to facilitate the design of multi-material products. Haptic technology is employed to enhance efficiency and intuitiveness of the designing process. Further more, some product properties such as stiffness can be readily evaluated in a haptic system. The proposed methodology is illustrated through a case study: the design of a toothbrush
Keywords :
CAD; haptic interfaces; product design; production engineering computing; CAD tools; computer-aided design; haptic aided soft-touch multimaterial product design; haptic interfaces; toothbrush design; top-down design; Design automation; Design methodology; Haptic interfaces; Imaging phantoms; Painting; Process design; Product design; Rubber; Shape; Spline; Haptic Interface; Multi-material; Product Design;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
La Coruna
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0242-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0243-3
DOI :
10.1109/VECIMS.2006.250786
