Design of a new five-link haptic device considering its dynamics

The haptic system becomes an essential device in the area of tele-operation, video entertainment and medical operation. To control a haptic device, impedance control method is widely used, but force sensor costs so much that open-loop control method is usually preferred for commercial purpose. In this case, modeled/un-modeled dynamics affects the performance of device. In this paper, we present a new 3DOF five-link type haptic device that we can reduce the effect of device dynamics and compensate its dynamics. We also evaluate its performance.