“Gemini” – dual 1 DOF master devices
Developed by: Roel Kuiper, Leroy Boerefijn, Ward Heij, Marijn Flipse, Wilco Vreugdenhil, Kang WangOperational since: 2014 (until March 2017)
Abstract
The Gemini are a set of identical 1 DOF haptic manipulators, that can be linked through a Bachmann industrial controller to act as a master-slave tele manipulator; or alternatively they can function as two separate master devices for bi-manual control in a virtual environment.
In spring 2017, the Gemini served as the basis for two levers that each have a planar rotational DOF as well, for use in the Haptics for the Maritime Environment project.