Method and apparatus providing tactile feedback to operators of remotely controlled manipulators
CA 1235787 A · Owner: Deep Ocean Engineering, Incorporated · Inventors: Hawkes, Graham S.
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METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK TO OPERATORS OF REMOTELY CONTROLLED MANIPULATORS by, GRAHAM S. HAWKES, An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing tactile feedback information to the operator of a remotely operated manipulator assembly (1) such as a robot, arm (2), by mechanically coupling a vibration sensitive transducer (5, 19) to said assembly (1) and audibly reproducing (7, 8, 20) the transducer output for operator listening. The use of an accelerometer (19) as a vibration sensitive transducer (5, 19) is disclosed as well as techniques for cancelling environmental noise.
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- Granted April 26, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 26, 2005.
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