Patent ID: 9174344
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B25J,G06F,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of providing force distribution to a first and at least one second user contact points of a haptic interface, the method comprising the steps of: providing the haptic interface with a first and at least one second pulleys having respective arm members supporting the first and at least one second user contact points for bi-directional motion about the respective pulley axes, the first and the at least one second user contact points being radially displaced from the respective pulley axes; remotely coupling an actuator drive and control device comprising a first and at least one second actuators in operative association with a haptic device by way of at least one sheathed actuator cable extending between each actuator and the haptic interface; actuating the first and the at least one second actuators independently of each other by the actuator drive and control device; distributing force from the first and the at least one second actuators by way of the each corresponding at least one sheathed actuator cable to the first and the at least one second user contact points of the haptic interface, respectively.