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Université Des Sciences Et Technologies De Lille

Christophe Chaillou

Betty Semail

Gery Casiez

Patricia Plenacoste

Philippe Meseure

Sylvain Karpf

Patrick Dubois

Betty Senail Née Lenair

A ground-based haptic interface equipped with at least two decoupled rotary finger actuators adapted to be manipulated with the fingertips of a single hand of a user. For each finger actuator, a means are included for measuring the angular position of the actuator or for measuring the torque applied on the axis of rotation of the actuator. Each rotary finger actuator is associated with a control motor adapted to apply, on the axis of rotation of the actuator, a torque that is a function of the angular position of the actuator, or that controls the rotational position of the axis of rotation of the actuator as a function of the torque applied on this axis. The haptic interface can be used as a peripheral of a computer, for example, for interacting with a virtual environment. It can also be applied to the control or manipulation of real objects by being coupled, for example, with a robot or a manipulating arm. The interface also can be telemanipulated.

Ground-based haptic interface comprising at least two decoupled rotary finger actuators

Device and method for simulating an examination or a surgical operation

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Lille, France

Christophe Chaillou