HapticWhirl, a Flywheel-Gimbal Handheld Haptic Controller for Exploring Multimodal Haptic Feedback. 2024

Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
Creative Technology Group, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9PH, UK.

Most haptic actuators available on the market today can generate only a single modality of stimuli. This ultimately limits the capacity of a kinaesthetic haptic controller to deliver more expressive feedback, requiring a haptic controller to integrate multiple actuators to generate complex haptic stimuli, with a corresponding complexity of construction and control. To address this, we designed a haptic controller to deliver several modalities of kinaesthetic haptic feedback using a single actuator: a flywheel, the orientation of which is controlled by two gimbals capable of rotating over 360 degrees, in combination with a flywheel brake. This enables the controller to generate multiple haptic feedback modalities, such as torque feedback, impact simulation, low-frequency high-amplitude vibrations, inertial effects (the sensation of momentum), and complex haptic output effects such as the experience of vortex-like forces (whirl effects). By combining these diverse haptic effects, the controller enriches the haptic dimension of VR environments. This paper presents the device's design, implementation, and characterization, and proposes potential applications for future work.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
October 2020, The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
March 2024, IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
January 2024, IEEE transactions on haptics,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
February 2013, Psychonomic bulletin & review,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
January 1985, Annals of biomedical engineering,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
January 2023, IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
January 2023, Frontiers in neurorobotics,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
January 2008, Studies in health technology and informatics,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
January 2018, IEEE transactions on haptics,
Jose Luis Berna Moya, and Anke van Oosterhout, and Mark T Marshall, and Diego Martinez Plasencia
July 2023, Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference,
Copied contents to your clipboard!