Testing the Haptic Exoskeleton Actuators in a Virtual Environment

10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.PS13.015

V. Ciupe；E-C. Lovasz；C-M. Gruescu；D. Margineanu；I. Maniu

Haptic exoskeleton ； Smart servo ； Software interface ； Virtual environment

Proceedings of the 14th IFToMM World Congress

14th-5（2015 / 11 / 06）

427 - 432

英文

The paper presents a different approach towards an existing haptic exoskeleton, by means of using smart, lightweight servomotors both for master joints position retrieval and for active feedback. Also a custom developed software interface is described, used for connecting the exoskeleton hardware to a virtual environment containing a scene with a tele-operated robot. The functional testing of the system is addressed and the results of these tests are presented.