2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Tactile-Tracing instruction navigation that amplifies tactile sensation using an intervening flexible device
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19K04304
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 20020:Robotics and intelligent system-related
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| Research Institution | Hirosaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
望山 洋 筑波大学, システム情報系, 教授 (40303333)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 触感増幅 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we discovered a new structural device that amplifies the tactile sensation of tracing minute convex and concave shapes by interposing a thin and flexible structure between the palm and an object. Then, we mechanically simulated the device change that occurs when the device passes through the fine irregularities. From the results, we clarified the amplification mechanism. Then, we developed or discovered a device with this structure and confirmed that it could actually amplify. Next, we developed a sensor device system to measure the amplification. Through the developed sensor device system, it was possible to objectively confirm that the tracing tactile sensation was amplified for some fine unevenness.
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| Free Research Field |
触覚，力覚
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の学術的意義は次の点にあると考える．これまで２０年来，難しいとされていた微小な凹形状のなぞり触感の増幅が可能になった．またそのデバイスの増幅メカニズムを数値シミュレーションで明らかにした．
社会的意義は次の点にあると考える．このデバイスを使うことで，特別な訓練を受けていない人でも，簡単にかつ瞬時に歪面の触知覚を増幅させることが可能になった．これにより，モノづくりの現場にて，特別な訓練を受けた限られた人だけでなく，広い範囲の人々が微小凹凸の検出作業が可能になると期待できる．
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