Haptic rendering for under-actuated 6/3-DOF haptic devices
Petr Kadleček Petr Kmoch Jaroslav Křivánek
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
An experimental study was designed to assess the influence of our torque simulation system on perceiving the missing physical torque feedback when using an under-actuated 6/3-DOF haptic device.
We prepared three scenes presenting different interaction scenarios: Teeth, Piping and Ear scene.
In each scene, the participant's task was to use the haptic probe to touch a visible checkpoint for 3 seconds until it disappeared and a next checkpoint became visible.
Abstract
Under-actuated 6/3-DOF haptic devices are mostly used for simple 3-DOF point-based haptic interaction because of missing torque feedback. In this work, we present a system involving sensory substitution and pseudo-haptic feedback that effectively simulate torque feedback using visuo-tactile cues. The proposed system was implemented into a 6-DOF haptic rendering algorithm and tested on an under-actuated haptic device in a user study. We found that by applying our torque simulation system, the torque perception increases significantly and that 6/3-DOF devices can be used in complex tasks involving 6-DOF interactions.
Publication
Petr Kadleček, Petr Kmoch, Jaroslav Křivánek. Haptic rendering for under-actuated 6/3-DOF haptic devices. Proceedings of the EuroHaptics 2014, Versailles, June 2014, SpringerLink (2014)Downloads
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