Universal motion simulator
AssigneeDeakin University
InventorsSAEID NAHAVANDI, ZORAN NAJDOVSKI, BEN HORAN, ASIM BHATTI
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Abstract
The present application provides a motion simulator apparatus and method of use. The motion simulator apparatus may include an anthropomorphic robot arm adapted to provide at least six degrees of freedom of movement, a user pod for receiving a user and being operatively connected to the anthropomorphic robot arm, and a haptic interface operatively associated with the user pod for providing haptic feedback to the user in correspondence with the movement of the user pod.
Claims24
-24. (canceled)
A method of simulating motion, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least six degrees of freedom of movement to a user by operatively associating an anthropomorphic robot arm with a user pod for receiving the user;
- and
- providing haptic feedback to the user in correspondence with the movement of the user pod.
Motion simulator apparatus comprising, in combination:
- an anthropomorphic robot arm adapted to provide at least six degrees of freedom of movement;
- a user pod for receiving a user, said user pod being operatively connected to the anthropomorphic robot arm;
- and
- a haptic interface operatively associated with the user pod for providing haptic feedback to the user in correspondence with the movement of the user pod.
-60. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.