Systems, devices, articles, and methods for user input
AssigneeKindred Systems Inc.
InventorsOlivia S. Norton, Maxwell Burgess Bennett
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Abstract
An operator interface that may be in communication with at least one processor, or at least one robot. The operator interface includes a body defined, in part, by an outer surface shaped to receive a hand of an operator, and a plurality of sensors overlying the outer surface of the body. In response to inward force exerted by the operator, the force sensors produce a plurality of input signals. The input signals represent information that may be used to guide the at least one robot in an environment or an avatar in a virtual world.
Claims14
A manufacture for inclusion in a user interface device comprising:
- a first tubular body including an outer surface;
- a first force sensor overlying the outer surface of the first tubular body at a first location;
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- a second force sensor overlying the outer surface of the first tubular body at a second location opposed to the first location.
A robotic system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a robot communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;
- an operator interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and the robot, the operator interface including:
- a tubular body defined in part by an outer surface to receive a hand of an operator, and
- a plurality force sensors overlying the outer surface of the tubular body which are responsive to an inward force exerted by the hand of the operator produces a plurality of input signals, and wherein a pair of force sensors of the plurality force sensors are spaced apart and opposed to receive a thumb and a finger of the operator;
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- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores processor-executable instructions thereon which when executed cause the at least one processor to:
- receive the plurality of input signals,
- create robot control instructions which when executed by the robot, cause the robot to simulate at least one action taken by the operator, and
- produce at least one signal that represents the robot control instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.