Development of tactile display device using ERG multiple-disk clutch

Y. Urakami, T. Aoyama, Y. Kakinuma, H. Anzai

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Abstract

Nowadays, due to the widespread use of rehabilitation and virtual reality technology, tactile display systems have attracted the attention of researchers from the medical and amusement fields. A clutch mechanism that employs ER and MR fluids is appropriate for force transmission in a tactile display device, because the ER and MR effects are passive and safe for the operator, as compared with an active actuator using motor. The developed ER gel (ERG) produces approximately twenty times higher shear forces than ER fluid and exhibit stable performance. In this research, an ERG multiple-disk clutch is fabricated and applied to a tactile display system. The experimental results of the control test indicate that the tactile display system with the proposed control method can exhibit the "sense of touch" of various viscous fluids.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectro-Rheological Fluids and Magneto-Rheological Suspensions - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
Pages88-94
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9814340227, 9789814340229
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event12th International Conference on Electrorheological Fluids and Magnetorheological Suspensions, ERMR 2010 - Philadelphia, PA, United States
Duration: 2010 Aug 162010 Aug 20

Publication series

NameElectro-Rheological Fluids and Magneto-Rheological Suspensions - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference

Other

Other12th International Conference on Electrorheological Fluids and Magnetorheological Suspensions, ERMR 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia, PA
Period10/8/1610/8/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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