ROBOTICS: force-feedback mouse or cyberglove ?

[Diego Montefusco]

>Hi there,
>
>I am working in the field of mechatronics on topics of robot control.
>For the control of a telemanipulator I am interested in VR-equipment with
>force-feedback (2D / 3D-mouse, Cybergloves etc.)
>
>Does anybody know whether there are commercial products available which work ?

I guess the only choice at this time is Exos' SAFiRE... Exos' address is
surely in the sci.virtual-worlds online archive... If you are able to
locate this company, there can be another:

>>The WALL STREET JOURNAL today (August 23) features an article by staff
>>reporter David Stipp describing the virtual tactile device, the Phantom,
>>developed by 23-year-old MIT graduate student Thomas Massie, based on an
>>idea by his adviser Kenneth Salisbury. In "'Phantom' Simulates Wielding a
>>Scalpel, Tossing a Ball," Interval Research's Brent Gillespie describes the
>>Phantom as "beautiful piece of work." Massie's new company, Sensible
>>Devices Inc., has reportedly sold 13 Phantom's, priced at $19,500, four of
>>them to Interval.

I do remember someone who put a force feedback mechnism into a mouse, so it
could change the friction between of the ball, but I have to found out...
More later!

ciao,

d!ego