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1 Introduction
We present a sub-200 grams, ungrounded haptic device to simulate
tennis ball impacts in virtual tennis simulation. We previously designed
a device to generate the actual impacts [Fong et al. 2010].
The new device is more expressive as we are able to control the
waveform of the accelerations generated and it has a frequency response
between 40Hz and 80Hz. The fiberglass based vibrating
element is designed such its natural frequency is similar to a tennis
racket. By using the resonance effect, we can build up very large
accelerations using small solenoids in less than 10msec. It fits into
a tennis racket handle and transmit the generated accelerations directly
to the hand. Acceleration is the main excitation mechanism
for the skin’s sensory system in this case. By approximating the
accelerations generated by real impacts, which are measured on the
racket near the hand as well, we can achieve similar haptic sensations.
Furthermore, the device does not generate loud sharp noises
on actuation. Our design is similar in spirit to the Haptuator linear
vibrator [Yao and Hayward 2010]. However, to generate larger accelerations,
our device is mechanically stiffer, and our drive circuit
employs simple MOSFET to handle more than 10A of surge current
for driving the solenoids. |
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