Force-feedback on steering wheel of a vehicle

[mike]

I am interested in identifying any systems that can provide
force-feedback response on a steering wheel of a vehicle. This would
ideally be a small electric motor that could be coupled to the shaft of
a steering wheel and a controller that could be connected to a PC and
so able to control the feedback response- electrical spring in
reality. This would be for industrial applications rather that the
typed you can get for PC games. It would be appreciated if anyone
could provide any companies, web pages etc that could have products in
this area. Thanks

 

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I am interested in identifying any systems that can provide
force-feedback response on a steering wheel of a vehicle. This would
ideally be a small electric motor that could be coupled to the shaft of
a steering wheel and a controller that could be connected to a PC and
so able to control the feedback response- electrical spring in
reality. This would be for industrial applications rather that the
typed you can get for PC games.

Atari Race Drivin games do exactly that as part of a physics accurate
race car simulation game. Ditto with brake force inputs, etc.

 

[Rich Grise]

Atari Race Drivin games do exactly that as part of a physics accurate
race car simulation game. Ditto with brake force inputs, etc.

Except they don't do centrifugal force. Once, some guy talked me into
getting into one of those sit-down car race games, and when I got to the
first turn, I almost fell out of the seat, because I was expecting some
G's.

I got up and walked away from it, said, "Thenks anyway" to the guy, and
went and got a beer and went back to darts.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[mike]

Except they don't do centrifugal force. Once, some guy talked me into
getting into one of those sit-down car race games, and when I got to the
first turn, I almost fell out of the seat, because I was expecting some
G's.

I got up and walked away from it, said, "Thenks anyway" to the guy, and
went and got a beer and went back to darts.

Cheers!
Rich

Thanks for the comments. While the games demonstrate what is
achievable technically but when you want to connect that type of
technology onto a real vehicle/control system and adjust the feedback
for different situations, then it will require sourcing suitable system
components and configuring s/w appropriatly.

Regards,
Mike

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Except they don't do centrifugal force. Once, some guy talked me into
getting into one of those sit-down car race games, and when I got to the
first turn, I almost fell out of the seat, because I was expecting some
G's.

The enclosed ones (so there's no horizon reference other than the
screen, which shows whatever they want it to show) can give you 0.7G
or so (cos(pi/4)) acceleration by tilting the whole cabin at 45°.

I got up and walked away from it, said, "Thenks anyway" to the guy, and
went and got a beer and went back to darts.

Cheers!
Rich

Beer and darts have always seemed like a bad combination to me.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Nico Coesel]

I am interested in identifying any systems that can provide
force-feedback response on a steering wheel of a vehicle. This would
ideally be a small electric motor that could be coupled to the shaft of
a steering wheel and a controller that could be connected to a PC and
so able to control the feedback response- electrical spring in
reality. This would be for industrial applications rather that the
typed you can get for PC games. It would be appreciated if anyone
could provide any companies, web pages etc that could have products in
this area. Thanks

http://www.fcs-cs.com/index.html

 

[Rich, but drunk]

Except they don't do centrifugal force. Once, some guy talked me into
getting into one of those sit-down car race games, and when I got to the
first turn, I almost fell out of the seat, because I was expecting some
G's.

The enclosed ones (so there's no horizon reference other than the
screen, which shows whatever they want it to show) can give you 0.7G
or so (cos(pi/4)) acceleration by tilting the whole cabin at 45°.

I got up and walked away from it, said, "Thenks anyway" to the guy, and
went and got a beer and went back to darts.

Beer and darts have always seemed like a bad combination to me.
[/QUOTE]

At this one joint where I used to hang out at, there was a bunch of Irish
guys who were here teaching soccer or something. One of these Irish guys
quipped, "If ye can't shoot dahts when yer drunk, ye can't shoot dahts."

Not that there's anything wrong with tea-totaling, of course. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich