Design of a Haptic Glove for Interfacing with Remote (Real) Environment

Robots had already made their impact in industries, but to perform specified tasks they need a controller. Controlling machines and robots with stand alone remote controllers is already in use, but what if we can feel the actions of what the robot do while being controlled in the remote environm

Project Title

Design of a Haptic Glove for Interfacing with Remote (Real) Environment

Project Area of Specialization

Mechatronics Engineering

Project Summary

Robots had already made their impact in industries, but to perform specified tasks they need a controller. Controlling machines and robots with stand alone remote controllers is already in use, but what if we can feel the actions of what the robot do while being controlled in the remote environment. In this context Haptic Feedback is one of the prevalent research areas presently because of its diversity and applications in many fields. Haptic is a term which means ‘pertaining to sense of touch’. Haptic technology recreates the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. The theme of this project is related to haptic feedback and control of the robotic arm by human arm gesture. The task is to create a haptic glove capable of delivering haptic feedback interfaced with a manipulator imitating the motion of the glove.

The task of this project is to control a robotic arm by human gestures and generate a haptic feedback on our (human) hand.

Project Objectives

1. Making of glove capable of feeling haptic feedback.

2. Designing of controller to control robotic arm using human hand gestures.

Project Implementation Method

This project will be implemented using accelerometers to capture the various movements of the hand and according to that, kinematic equations will be used to transfer that movements to the robotic arm. A senscor will be used to transfer haptic feedback to human hand.

Benefits of the Project

1. There will be no need of controller, human hand will be used to acquire any position of robot.

2. A sense of touch will be felt when the robotic arm touches an object.

3.The robotic arm can be conveniently used in remote environment where direct interfernce with human hand is not possible.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

A 6 DoF robotic arm controlled by 4 accelerometers and flex sensors. Vibrating coins are used to provide haptic feedback. 

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Education

Other Industries

Core Technology

Robotics

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Required Resources

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