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Article Dans Une Revue IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH) Année : 2023

A Wearable Haptic Device for the Hand with Interchangeable End-Effectors

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This paper presents a 4-degrees-of-freedom (4-DoF) hand wearable haptic device for Virtual Reality (VR). It is designed to support different end-effectors, that can be easily exchanged so as to provide a wide range of haptic sensations. The device is composed of a static upper body, secured to the back of the hand, and the (changeable) end-effector, placed in contact with the palm. The two parts of the device are connected by two articulated arms, actuated by four servo motors housed on the upper body and along the arms. The paper summarizes the design and kinematics of the wearable haptic device and presents a position control scheme able to actuate a broad range of endeffectors. As a proof of concept, we present and evaluate three representative end-effectors during interactions in VR, rendering the sensation of interacting (E1) with rigid slanted surfaces and sharp edges having different orientations, (E2) with curved surfaces having different curvatures, and (E3) with soft surfaces having different stiffness characteristics. A few additional endeffector designs are discussed. A human-subjects evaluation in immersive VR shows the broad applicability of the device, able to render rich interactions with a diverse set of virtual objects.
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hal-04122655 , version 1 (08-06-2023)

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Lisheng Kuang, Marco Ferro, Monica Malvezzi, Domenico Prattichizzo, Paolo Robuffo Giordano, et al.. A Wearable Haptic Device for the Hand with Interchangeable End-Effectors. IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH), 2023, Special Issue on "Haptics in the metaverse: Haptic feedback for Virtual, Augmented, Mixed, and eXtended Realities'", pp.1-10. ⟨10.1109/TOH.2023.3284980⟩. ⟨hal-04122655⟩
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