Affiliations: [a] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo National
College of Technology, Tokyo, Japan | [b] Group of Production and Manufacturing, Ichinoseki
National College of Technology, Hagisho, Japan
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author. Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Tokyo National College of Technology, 1220-2, Kunugida-machi, Hachioji-shi,
Tokyo 193-0997, Japan. Tel.: +81 42 668 5196; Fax: +81 42 668 5095; E-mail:
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Abstract: A new kind of motion base is proposed for the purpose of setting up
a user-friendly interaction system on a desktop. It aims at generating motion
in various situations with a large range of movement using a simple mechanism,
and generating motion adequate for an interaction with a man and for computer
application. In this paper, a prototype of the motion base is developed. Its
mechanism consists of a combination of a wheel drive locomotion mechanism and a
3-degrees of freedom (DOF) parallel link mechanism in parallel. It is aimed at
generating 3 DOF translational motion on a desktop with a simple mechanism as a
whole and with a large range of movement, especially in the horizontal
direction. In consideration of application for man-computer interaction, the
prototype is controlled by a microprocessor, a microcontroller and FPGA. This
paper presents a description of the concept of the motion base for a desktop
interaction system, the prototype mechanism, the control system and the
preliminary experiment which demonstrates typical translational motions.
