Design and control of a cable-controlled haptic motion simulator Academic Article

abstract

• SUMMARYIn this work, we discuss the design, construction, and testing of a cable-controlled motion simulator for a Virtual Reality (VR) hang gliding environment. The system comprises a cable-controlled motion simulator, a joystick, a Lego direction sensor, and a VR environment. The motion simulator and joystick are built out of motors, pulleys, cables, and aluminum beams. The VR environment and motion simulator interact haptically with each other to give a realistic feel to the operator. A dynamic analysis is performed on the simulator to show the effect of gravity and the directional motion on the operator. A series of experiments are then performed to test the effectiveness of the cable-controlled simulator, and the results were very encouraging despite minor glitches with high-speed maneuvers.

authors

• Karkoub, Mansour

published proceedings

• ROBOTICA

author list (cited authors)

• Karkoub, M., Her, M., Peng, C., Huang, C., & Ho, M.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Karkoub, M||Her, M-G||Peng, C-C||Huang, C-C||Ho, M-I

publication date

• September 2012

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• Robotica  Journal

keywords

• Cable-controlled Motion Simulator
• Haptic Interaction
• Visual Helmet

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/S0263574711000944

start page

• 709

end page

• 719

volume

• 30

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263574711000944