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Development of a Rigidity and Volume Control Module Using a Balloon Filled with Dilatant Fluid

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Haptic Interaction (AsiaHaptics 2018)

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In this paper, a rigidity and volume-changing device is proposed for presenting the shape and rigidity of a virtual object in the real world. This device comprises a balloon filled with a dilatant fluid and two syringes connected to electric linear actuators. The electric linear actuators enables controlling the volume of the balloon by allowing the user to change the amount of dilatant fluid in the balloon. Moreover, when the amount of fluid (water) contained in the balloon changes, the rigidity of the balloon changes in proportion to the composition of the fluid (ratio of the amount of water and starch). In this study, a prototype system was developed, and the performance of the system was evaluated by measuring the rigidity of the balloon at different volumes.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 18H03480.

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  1. University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Saizoh Kojima, Hiroaki Yano & Hiroo Iwata

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  1. Department of Informatics, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Kajimoto

  2. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Dongjun Lee

  3. Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan-si, Ch´ungch´ong-namdo, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang-Youn Kim

  4. Tohoku University, Miyagi, Miyagi, Japan

    Masashi Konyo

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Ki-Uk Kyung

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Kojima, S., Yano, H., Iwata, H. (2019). Development of a Rigidity and Volume Control Module Using a Balloon Filled with Dilatant Fluid. In: Kajimoto, H., Lee, D., Kim, SY., Konyo, M., Kyung, KU. (eds) Haptic Interaction. AsiaHaptics 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 535. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3194-7_41

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