Exo-tendon motion capture glove device with haptic grip response

Abstract

Motion capture and haptic glove systems/methods and devices are provided in this invention. In one embodiment of the invention a motion capture and haptic glove system is described, comprising: A glove portion to be worn on top of a user's hand, the glove having finger portions for the fingers and thumb of the user; a plurality of anchoring finger caps circumscribed around the extremities of the finger portions; a plurality of anchor points configured to generate sensor data identifying a flexion/extension and an abduction/adduction of the finger portions; a plurality of tendon-like cables configured to transmit the flexion/extension and the abduction/adduction data to a plurality of measuring devices for processing, the tendon like cables being formatted to be flexible in their degree of movement; a plurality of motors to ensure constant tension in the tendon-like cable elements, wherein the plurality of motors also allow a pull back of the fingers and thumb based upon a virtual stimuli; and a housing structure residing on the forearm and connected to the glove portion via the plurality of tendon-like cables, wherein the housing unit comprises at least one motor unit and at least one routing system.