HapticDrone: An encountered-type kinesthetic haptic interface with controllable force feedback: Example of stiffness and weight rendering

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HapticDrone is our new approach to transform a drone into a force-reflecting haptic interface. While our earlier work proved the concept, this paper concretizes it by implementing accurate force control along with effective encountered-type stiffness and weight rendering for 1D interaction as a first step. To this end, generated force is identified with respect to drone's thrust command, allowing a precise control of force. Force control is combined with tracking of drone and hand, turning the HapticDrone into an ideal end-effector for the encountered-type haptics and making the system ready for more sophisticated physics simulation. Stiffness and weight of a virtual object is our first target of the simulation. Conventional stiffness and gravity simulation is merged into the encountered-type position control scheme, allowing a user to feel the softness and weight of an object. We further confirmed the feasibility by proving that the system fulfills the physical performance requirements commonly needed for an encountered-type haptic interface, i.e., force rendering bandwidth, accuracy, and tracking performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS 2018 - Proceedings
EditorsYon Visell, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Gregory J. Gerling
Number of pages6
PublisherIEEE Computer Society Press
Publication date9 May 2018
Pages334-339
ISBN (Electronic)9781538654248
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 May 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS 2018 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 25 Mar 201828 Mar 2018

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS 2018
LandUnited States
BySan Francisco
Periode25/03/201828/03/2018
SponsorBoreas Technologies, Force Dimension, Intuitive, LynTouch, Oculus
SeriesIEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS
Volume2018-March
ISSN2324-7347

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the NRF of Korea through the Basic Research program (NRF-2017R1D1A1B03031272).

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