Title :
Micro resonator using electromagnetic actuator for tactile display
Author :
Fukuda, Toshio ; Morita, Hideyuki ; Arai, Fumihito ; Ishihara, Hidenori ; Matsuura, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Center for Cooperative Res. in Adv. Sci. & Technol., Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes a tactile display for presenting the moving or the shearing direction to the skin of a human finger. We consider stimulating tactile sense by vibration and the development of a tactile feedback system. The proposed vibro-tactile stimulator employs a number of vibrating pins to provide a ticking sensation to the human operator´s skin. We used micro resonators driven by electromagnetic force to vibrating pins. We performed an experiment to present vibro-tactile stimulation using a single micro resonator, and confirmed the ability to perform vibro-tactile stimulation. Next we arrayed the micro resonators in a matrix state and constructed the tactile display. We made a tactile feedback experiment using this display. From the experimental results, it was made clear that the tactile display had the ability to present much information to a human finger
Keywords :
electromagnetic actuators; force feedback; haptic interfaces; microactuators; micromechanical resonators; telerobotics; virtual reality; VR technology; electromagnetic actuator; electromagnetic force; human finger skin; microactuator; microresonators; tactile display; tactile feedback system; tactile sense stimulation; telemanipulation; ticking sensation; vibrating pins; vibro-tactile stimulator; Actuators; Auditory displays; Feedback; Fingers; Humans; Pins; Robot sensing systems; Shearing; Skin; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Micromechatronics and Human Science, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4171-6
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.1997.768872