著者
Hirochika INOUE
出版者
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
雑誌
Bulletin of JSME (ISSN:00213764)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.14, no.69, pp.199-207, 1971 (Released:2008-02-15)
参考文献数
7
被引用文献数
18 43

Computer control of an artificial hand which is incorporated with the tactile sense and force reflection is studied. In this experimental system, a digital computer is linked to the analog-type position-servomechanisms of the artificial hand using D/A and A/D converters, so that the position references can be changed repeatedly in the direction of decreasing the measured error signals. To deal with the versatility of the operation, the software system consists of a supervisory program and many basic program modules which correspond to respective basic manipulations. Furthermore, a symbolic command language which is adequate for such a purpose is prepared. It has been shown that the greatest difficulties in carrying out the complex and dexterous manipulations such as inserting a pin into a hole, turning a crank, etc., are solved by introducing the concept of bilateral servomechanism into the programming of the control computer.