Paper Info
Title
Electro-Rheological Fluidic Actuators for Haptic Vehicular Instrument Controls
Abstract
Force-feedback mechanisms have been designed to simplify and enhance the human-vehicle interface. The increase in secondary controls within vehicle cockpits has created a desire for a simpler, more efficient human- vehicle interface. By consolidating various controls into a single, haptic feedback control device, information can be transmitted to the operator, without requiring the driver's visual attention. In this paper Electro-Rheological Fluids (ERF) based actuated mechanisms are presented that pro- vide haptic feedback. ERFs are liquids that respond me- chanically to electric fields by changing their properties, such as viscosity and shear stress electroactively. Using the electrically controlled rheological properties of ERFs, we developed haptic devices that can resist human opera- tor forces in a controlled and tunable fashion. The design of two types of ERF-based actuators and joystick is pre- sented in detail. Their analytical model is derived, para- metric analysis is performed, and experimental systems and data are presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191293
HAPTICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
analytical model,haptic feedback,electro-rheological fluidic actuators,haptic vehicular instrument controls,human operator force,human-vehicle interface,efficient human-vehicle interface,actuated mechanism,haptic device,haptic feedback control device,force-feedback mechanism,erf-based actuators,viscosity,force feedback,shear stress,feedback control,actuators,parametric analysis,haptic devices,stress,electric field
Fluidics,Simulation,Shear stress,Control engineering,Resist,Rheology,Operator (computer programming),Engineering,Joystick,Haptic technology,Actuator
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-1890-7
3
1.92
References 
Authors
5
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Melli-Huber J. A131.92
Weinberg B. A231.92
Fisch A. A331.92
Nikitczuk J. A431.92
C. Mavroidis5377.84
Wampler C. B631.92