Paper Info
Title
Tactile transducer based on electromechanical solenoids
Abstract
This paper describes the design, the preliminary evaluation and proposes a control strategy of a novel distributed tactile transducer for finger tip stimulation. The presented study has been conducted for the realization of a compact tactile device aiming at integration with a kinesthetic feedback systems. The transducer is a 5×6 array based on custom electromechanical mini-solenoid designed and optimized for reduced encumbrance and lightweight. The realized actuator has a diameter of 2.4mm and is capable of delivering a maximum force of 73mN. In the first section we present the electro-mechanical design, the optimization and the first experimental test of a prototype for the new transducer. In the second section we show the electronic design and a strategy for controlling arrays of transducers with a reduced number of connectors. This principle is based on active matrix addressing of LCD displays.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/WHC.2011.5945550
World Haptics Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
electromechanical actuators,feedback,haptic interfaces,liquid crystal displays,solenoids,tactile sensors,touch sensitive screens,transducers,actuator,compact tactile device,distributed tactile transducer,electromechanical minisolenoid,electromechanical solenoids,electronic design,fingertip stimulation,kinesthetic feedback system,tactile display,transducer array,control of tactile displays,electromechanical design,tactile transducer
Transducer,Computer science,Control engineering,Tactile transducer,Liquid-crystal display,Active matrix,Electrical engineering,Smart transducer,Actuator,Solenoid,Tactile sensor
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4577-0297-6
0
0.34
References 
Authors
8
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fabio Salsedo120125.17
Simone Marcheschi2457.81
Marco Fontana382.87
Massimo Bergamasco447573.59