Human-Machine Interfaces

FingerTac

FingerTac is a novel concept for a wearable thimble for augmented haptic applications, in which both real and virtual objects can be touched and interacted with.

HUG

HUG is the haptic user interface for telemanipulating our humanoid robot Justin. With its two light-weight robot arms, HUG can precisely measure the movements conducted by the human operator and at the same time display the forces that occur in the distant environment.

Joystick RJo

As part of the Kontur-2 project, an aerospace-grade, force-reflecting joystick with two degrees of freedom was developed at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics.

VibroTac

VibroTac is a novel haptic device in the form of a bracelet that generates vibrotactile feedback to transmit various information to its user.

Force-Feedback Joystick (2003–2010)

Numerous simple command tasks in telerobotics and telepresence can be accomplished with human machine interfaces with a maximum of two or three degrees of freedom (DoF). For this kind of applications the joystick represents a very intuitive way to command a teleoperator or an object within a virtual environment in two DoF.

SpaceMouse (1981–1993)

At the end of the seventies, the DLR institute for robotics and mechatronics started research on devices for the 6 DoF control of robot grippers in Cartesian space. In 1982-1985, the first prototype applications showed that DLR's control ball was not only excellently suited as a control device for robots, but also for the first 3D-graphics system that came onto the market at that time.