2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a variable stiffeness joystick device operated by tongue
| Project/Area Number |
25350676
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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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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Tohoku Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | インターフェース / 操作反力 / 舌 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We developed a tongue-operated joystick device with adjustable reaction force. In this device, the tip of joystick is supported by a elastic element which decides the reaction force against tongue operation. The reaction force is controlled by adjusting the length of the elastic element easily.
We confirmed three levels of the reaction forces werer perceived by human operator. Furthermore, we executed an experiment of control a mobile robot using the proposed joystick device. In this experiment, human operators were notified the existance of an obstacle thorugh the change in reaction force against their tongue operation and succeeded to avoid its collision .
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| Free Research Field |
ロボット工学
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