Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 01, 2022 - June 04, 2022
We have developed the MR fluid clutches for Fine Haptics (H-MRC) and utilized them in the Haptic MR Device for Endoscopic Surgery (H-MRD for ES). To improve its operability, we redesigned the H-MRC to reduce its size and wight. As a result, we successfully reduced by 150 g of the total weight of the operation part of the H-MRD. In addition, the self-wight compensation was conducted for its operational part. Their effects were assessed by eight healthy males and females with a pick-and-place task. The result shows significant differences in some scores of NASA-TLX and successful improvement on the skills of operators.
