FORCE REFLECTING HAPTIC INTERFACE

摘要

The invention generally relates haptic interfaces and user interfaces that interact with all of a user's body members, including but not limited to the hand, foot, arm, tongue, head, buttocks, etc. The haptic and user interfaces may include combinations of powered and unpowered degrees-of-freedom. In addition, the invention relates to user interfaces for replicating compound movements including, for example, pinch, grasp, twist, extension and retraction, and roll. The user interfaces facilitate the interaction between point type tools (pencil, stylus, scalpel, etc.) and line-type tools (e.g. rat tail file, sword and cane) and virtual or remote environments through the haptic interfaces.