Upper Body Orthotics for Wearable Haptic Robots

The following thesis reports the graduation project done at the ESA Telerobotics & Haptics Lab by the Industrial Design Engineering student Emiel den Exter. The assignment was to design a set of upper body orthoses for astronauts, which are used to attach force-reflecting arm-exoskeletons to the human body. Exoskeletons are lightweight robotics...

The development of an in-hand-haptic-feedback device based on magnetorheological fluid

During this project, a mobile haptic feedback device, aimed at virtal object representation in virtual reality was developed. The device is capable of providing its users with passive force feedback between their thumb and index finger. The device consists of a magnetorheological fluid damper, suspended between the thumb and the index finger by...