This study develops soft microfingers for a haptic teleoperation robot system. The robot system can control the slave microfingers using a master interface device for an operator. The soft microfingers made of polymer can be driven by pneumatic balloon actuators as artificial muscles. In addition, the microfingers are integrated with sensors to acquire tactile information. The system can transmit ...Show More
This paper reports our recent achievement of high bending-force generation by a soft microactuator. In vivo medical instruments such as endoscopes require improved functions to reduce restrictions caused by the operation from the outside of a body. In general, microactuators can provide precise motions but not good high forces. We attempted to overcome this drawback and successfully demonstrated N...Show More
This paper reports a new type of wearable motion capture device. Presented motion capture device can detect the motion of fingers of an operator. This device has been equipped with an air cylinder as an actuator which is to be developed for a force sense presentation. We employed a displacement detection sensor for motion capture, since it is a good combination with an air cylinder. The dimensions...Show More
