A device for simulating hand grips

Author

Allotta, Benedetto ; Colla, Valentina ; Bioli, Gianluca ; Giori, Luigi

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Energetica Sergio Stecco, Florence Univ., Florence

fYear

2008

fDate

26-28 March 2008

Firstpage

738

Lastpage

743

Abstract

The paper describes a special-purpose haptic interface simulating the behavior of hand grips, to the aim of performing tests on different geometries and designs instead of building and testing real prototypes. The simulator must have embedded information about the device to simulate, such as cam shapes, friction parameters and masses. Accurate modelling of the actuator used in the simulator is required in order to compensate the dynamics of the actuator itself, so that the highest fidelity performance compatible with stability is achieved. Modelling and control issues related to operation of the device are presented and some experimental results are discussed.

Keywords

actuators; cams (mechanical); force control; friction; haptic interfaces; stability; actuator; cam shapes; friction parameters; hand grips; masses; special-purpose haptic interface; stability; Actuators; Buildings; Friction; Geometry; Haptic interfaces; Performance evaluation; Shape; Solid modeling; Testing; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Motion Control, 2008. AMC '08. 10th IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Trento

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1702-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1703-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AMC.2008.4516159

Filename

4516159