Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : March 14, 2016 - March 15, 2016
This paper addresses a novel force feedback system with Magneto-Rheological fluid, called MR Fluid. Force feedback interfaces, in general, have focused on force display at a contact point. If the force display was extended from a point to surface, applications of the force interaction could be expanded. MR Fluid has characteristics to change its viscosity by magnetic force. Therefore, we developed MR cushion, packed MR Fluid module, with controlling multiple magnets for the surface force feedback system. In this paper, two kinds of surface force feedback systems, by electromagnets and by the magnet position control using linear actuators, are proposed. Finally, several basic performance for these systems are experimented.
