Overview
The Geomagic Touch X haptic devices allow users to feel 3D on-screen objects by applying force feedback on the user’s hand, and the Touch X delivers expanded true-to-life sensations with a more fluid feel and lower friction. Its durability, affordability and accuracy make the Touch X haptic device ideal for commercial, medical and research applications, especially when compactness and portability matter.
Leading OEMs choose the Touch X and integrate it into their products, as its valuable in a number of interactive virtual environments, like surgical simulators and machine component visualization.
Applications
Medical
The Geomagic Touch X allows surgical interns to perform accurate virtual surgeries and learn the feel of a correct procedure before entering the clinical environment. Its compact design and accurate feel provide a true-to-life experience and field of movement.
Research and Development
Geomagic Touch X is an integral piece in many university- and research center-based haptic applications. Touch X provides the ideal balance of affordability, flexibility and precision that’s important to budget-conscious research projects in fields like medical rehabilitation, biomedical and robotics.
Features
- Portable design and compact footprint
- Compact force feedback workspace
- 6-degree-of-freedom positional sensing
- 3-degree-of-freedom force feedback
- Comfortable molded-rubber stylus
- Automatic workspace calibration
- One integrated momentary stylus switche
- Patent protected
- Supports OpenHaptics toolkit with QuickHaptics micro API
- Constructed of metal components and injection-molded carbon fiber reinforced plastics
- CE certified
Technical Specifications
The award-winning Geomagic Touch X (formerly Sensable Phantom Desktop) haptic device provides an affordable desktop solution and is ideal for customers who are performing certain types of haptic research. The Touch X provides precision positioning input and high fidelity force-feedback output. Portable design, compact footprint, and simple parallel port interface ensure quick installation and ease-of-use.
| Force feedback workspace |
~6.4 W x 4.8 H x 4.8 D in
~ 160 W x 120 H x 120 D mm |
| Footprint (Physical area device base occupies on desk) |
5 5/8 W x 7 1/4 D in
~143 W x 184 D mm |
| Weight (device only) |
7.1805 lbs
~3,257 kg |
| Range of motion |
Hand movement pivoting at wrist |
| Nominal position resolution |
> 1100 dpi ~ 0.023 mm |
| Backdrive friction |
< 0.23 oz (0.06 N) |
| Maximum exertable force at nominal (orthogonal arms) position |
1.8 lbf (7.9 N) |
| Continuous exertable force (24 hrs) |
0.4 lbf (1.75 N) |
| Stiffness |
X axis > 10.8 lbs / in (1.86 N / mm)
Y axis > 13.6 lbs / in (2.35 N / mm)
Z axis > 8.6 lbs / in (1.48 N / mm) |
| Inertia (apparent mass at tip) |
~0.077 lbm (35 g) |
| Force feedback |
x, y, z |
| Position sensing |
x,y,z (digital encoders) |
| Position sensing [Stylus gimbal] |
Pitch, roll, yaw (Magnetic absolute position sensor, 14-bit precision.) |
| Interface |
USB2.0 |
