Use of Magnetorheological Fluid in a Force Feedback Glove

• Published in: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 2 - 8
• Main Authors: Winter, Scott H., Bouzit, Mourad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.03.2007
• Subjects: Artificial Limbs; Electromagnets; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Feedback - physiology; Force control; Force feedback; Hand; haptics; Humans; intelligent materials; Magnetic cores; Magnetic fields; Magnetic liquids; Magnetic materials; Magnetic properties; Magnetics - instrumentation; Man-Machine Systems; Motion control; Physical Stimulation - instrumentation; Pistons; Rheology - instrumentation; Robotics - instrumentation; Touch - physiology; Transducers; user interfaces; User-Computer Interface; Viscosity

Magnetorheological fluid (MRF) is a smart material that has the property of changing its viscosity when exposed to a magnetic field. By placing this fluid into a sealed cylinder with an electromagnet piston as a core, a controllable resistance motion dampener can be created. A novel exoskeleton mech...