Capturing the Dynamics of Mechanical Knobs

We present a novel experimental apparatus for the capture and replay of physical controls (mechanical knobs), as well as a set of acquired models and a design discussion related to the characterization approach taken here. Our work extends existing research by addressing problems surrounding identification of physical controls, including sensor gripping techniques for arbitrary target devices; and improved hardware and algorithm combinations for finer capture resolutions. Models were acquired from 5 real knobs, based on 2nd order model fits to torque and kinematic results of swept-sine excitations.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: HAPTICS
• Authors: Colin Swindells, Karon E. MacLean
• Keywords: Finer Capture Resolutions, HAPTICS 2007, Physical Controls, Sensor Gripping Techniques, Virtual Reality