Force feedback device / force properties

Jean-Loup Florens (1) , Thomas Hulin (2) , Jorge Juan Gil (3) , Pierre Davy (4)

1 ACROE - ACROE
2 DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
3 CEIT - Centre of Studies and Technical Research
4 MIRALab

Force feedback devices are, at first sight, a category of haptic devices that are able to exert a controlled force by the means of actuators in their mechanical (or gesture) interaction with a user. This definition, provided for the sake of simplicity, should be considered carefully. Anyhow, the expression force feedback device clearly relates with the idea of a controlled force. Hence, an important mean to evaluate these devices consists in considering their force properties.

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique; Synthèse d'image et réalité virtuelle [cs.GR]

Jean-Loup Florens, Thomas Hulin, Jorge Juan Gil, Pierre Davy. Force feedback device / force properties. Enaction and enactive interfaces : a handbook of terms, Enactive Systems Books, pp.106-108, 2007. ⟨hal-00979048⟩