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A pneumatic-driven haptic glove with force and tactile feedback

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The advent of Oculus Rift indicates the start of a booming era of virtual reality. In order to increase the immersive feeling of interaction with the virtual world, haptic devices allow us to touch and manipulate virtual objects in an intuitive way. In this paper, we introduce a portable and low-cost haptic glove that provides both force and tactile feedback using a direct-control pneumatic concept. To produce force feedback, two inlet ports of a double acting pneumatic cylinder are opened and closed via solenoid DC valves through Pulse-width modulation (PWM) technique. For tactile feedback, an air bladder is actuated using a diaphragm pump via PWM operated solenoid valve. Experiments on a single finger prototype validated that the glove can provide force and tactile feedback with sufficient moving range of the finger joints. The maximum continuous force is 9 Newton and the response time is less than 400ms. The glove is light weighted and easy to be mounted on the index finger. The proposed glove could be potentially used for virtual reality grasping scenarios and for teleoperation of a robotic hand for handling hazardous objects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization, ICVRV 2016
EditorsDandan Ding, Dangxiao Wang, Jian Chen, Xun Luo
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages304-311
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781509051885
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2017
Event6th International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization, ICVRV 2016 - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Duration: 24 Sep 2016 → 26 Sep 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2016 International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization, ICVRV 2016

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization, ICVRV 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou, Zhejiang
Period24/09/16 → 26/09/16

Keywords

  • Force feedback
  • Haptic glove
  • Pneumatic system
  • Tactile feedback
  • Virtual reality

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