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Control and Performance of the Rotational-to-Linear Cobotic Transmission
Alexandria, Virginia March 25-March 29
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VR.2006.372006 International Symposium on Hapti ...
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Eric L. Faulring, Northwestern University, IL, USA
J. Edward Colgate, Northwestern University, IL, USA
Michael A. Peshkin, Northwestern University, IL, USA
We examine the motion control bandwidth and stable impedance range of the Cobotic Hand Controller, a novel, six-degree-offreedom, admittance controlled haptic display. A highly geared admittance architecture is often used to render high impedances with reasonable sized actuators for a haptic display. The Cobotic Hand Controller is perhaps the ultimate realization of an admittance display, since it is capable of obtaining an infinite gear ratio and can render infinite impedances (up to its own structural stiffness). The incorporation of continuously variable transmissions in the Cobotic Hand Controller provides for an extremely wide, stable z-width, since the transmission ratio can be adjusted quickly to vary the backdrivability. However, finite preloads in the transmissions limit the display?s acceleration capabilities. We examine the control challenges and performance characteristics of the Cobotic Hand Controller for free motion and unilateral impact virtual environment scenarios.
Index Terms:
haptics, cobots, z-width, rotational-to-linear transmission
Citation:
Eric L. Faulring, J. Edward Colgate, Michael A. Peshkin, "Control and Performance of the Rotational-to-Linear Cobotic Transmission," haptics, pp.17, 2006 International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (HAPTICS'06), 2006
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