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New Actuators Using ER Fluid and Their Applications to Force Display Devices in Virtual Reality and Medical Treatments

1999; World Scientific; Volume: 13; Issue: 14n16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s0217979299002253

1793-6578

Junji FURUSHO, Masamichi SAKAGUCHI,

Soft Robotics and Applications

We developed ER actuators with low inertia. ER actuator is a torque-controllable clutch which uses an electrorheological fluid. It is shown that this actuator has good properties for force display device, physical therapy treatment, etc. We developed new force display devices for virtual reality which use ER actuators.