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This study deals with the development of a force-sensing device for converting a desk into an interface by mounting the device on the supports or legs of these objects. The system is composed of four force sensors with clamps, and a PC. Contact force and its position on a regular desk can be estimated from the response of the four force sensors fixed on the legs of the desk. Some application programs using this interface are introduced.
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We would like to mention that a portion of this research was funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Program provided by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Topic No. 24560539). We would also like to mention that we received cooperation from Mr. Shota Ito and Mr. Takeshi Kaneko of the Graduate School of this university in building the experiment equipment used for this paper.
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Tsuji, T., Seki, T., Sakaino, S. (2015). A Mounting Foot-Type Force-Sensing Device for a Desk with Haptic Sensing Capability. In: Kajimoto, H., Ando, H., Kyung, KU. (eds) Haptic Interaction. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 277. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55690-9_37
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