Patent ID: 6477448
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B25J,G06F

Abstract:
A force feed back supply apparatus having a force feed back supply unit held by or mounted on an operator, and a force feed back generating unit for providing the force feed back supply unit with a load corresponding to an operation of the operator, by comprising:a clutch mechanism interposed between said force feed back supply unit and said force feed back generating unit; detection means for detecting a position and an orientation of said force feed back supply unit with respect to said force feed back generating unit; and a controller for controlling said force feed back generating unit based on a detection result of said detection means, wherein when a force feed back is supplied said clutch mechanism is set to be coupled between said force feed back supply unit and said force feed back generating unit, and when no force feed back is supplied the clutch mechanism is set to be uncoupled between the force feed back supply unit and the force feed back generating unit and the controller controls the force feed back generating unit based on the detection result of the detection means, so that a relative position between the force feed back supply unit and the force feed back generating unit is kept fixed.