Source: Good News Network
Engineers and software developers around the world are seeking to create technology that lets users touch, grasp and manipulate virtual objects, while feeling like they are actually touching something in the real world.
Researchers have just made a major step toward this goal with a new glove, which is not only lightweight – under 8 grams (0.
3 ounces) per finger – but also provides feedback that is extremely realistic.The glove is able to generate up to 40 Newtons of holding force on each finger with just 200 Volts and only a few milliWatts of power. It also has the potential to run on a very small battery. That, together with the glove’s low form factor (only 2 mm thick), translates into an unprecedented level of precision and freedom of movement.
“We wanted to develop a lightweight device that – unlike existing virtual-reality gloves – doesn’t require a bulky exoskeleton, pumps or very thick cables,” says Herbert Shea, head of L’Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne’s Soft Transducers Laboratory.
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