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Sustainable C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and Design <str<strong>on</strong>g>2011</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE ON<br />
MOBILE AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT<br />
L. Jánosi, J. Kis<br />
Institute for Mechanical Engineering Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,<br />
Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary<br />
www.geti.gek.szie.hu<br />
Abstract The steering wheel equipped with a tactile feedback is a human machine interface (HMI),<br />
capable to present sophisticated feedback informati<strong>on</strong> for the operator. Haptic stimulati<strong>on</strong> is superior in<br />
interpretati<strong>on</strong> speed by humans compared to audio-visual informati<strong>on</strong>. In this paper we present the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cept of haptic feedback <strong>on</strong> vehicle and the <strong>on</strong>going research activities at the Department of<br />
Mechatr<strong>on</strong>ics to develop flexible technology to retrofit producti<strong>on</strong> machines with steer-by-wire capability to<br />
collect data representing the interacti<strong>on</strong>s in different applicati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>text (road and field modes).<br />
Keywords haptic feedback, steering wheel, off-road vehicles<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
In the last decade numerous scientific results has been presented to the engineering community in the topic<br />
of Steer-by-Wire technology (SBW). Despite the fact that the more complex mechatr<strong>on</strong>ics providing the bywire<br />
functi<strong>on</strong>ality raises several safety related questi<strong>on</strong>s, also open exciting new opportunities for off-road<br />
vehicles not existing before.<br />
The topic SBW can be discussed in numerous aspects: For example the advanced sensor/actuator<br />
comp<strong>on</strong>ents, the administrative regulati<strong>on</strong> of by-wire systems, the failure-tolerant communicati<strong>on</strong> to<br />
interc<strong>on</strong>nect comp<strong>on</strong>ents and the redundant system design are all large topics al<strong>on</strong>e [1], [2]. We would like<br />
to focus in this presentati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the new, exciting functi<strong>on</strong>s, which could be realized by the Human-Machine-<br />
Interfaces (HMI) of the SBW systems.<br />
Driving speed of agricultural mobile machines have been increased in the recent years, raising serious<br />
questi<strong>on</strong>s about vehicle handling characteristics c<strong>on</strong>sidering the high center-of-gravity, multi-mass<br />
c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong> and rear-wheel-steering of these vehicles. The next generati<strong>on</strong> of steering systems <strong>on</strong> offroad<br />
vehicles will incorporate a steering column mechatr<strong>on</strong>ic subsystem which will generate tactile<br />
feedback for operator.<br />
Figure 1. Operator’s C<strong>on</strong>trol Functi<strong>on</strong>s: the „5 level model”<br />
The steering wheel and its force-feedback actuator should be recognized as a new operator interface which<br />
enables the representati<strong>on</strong> of feedback informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> a new way.<br />
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