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From: mark@killdeer.Stanford.EDU (Mark Hosang Yim)
Subject: Re: Bend sensors
Message-ID: <1993Mar14.180543.3380@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
Keywords: dataglove, cyberglove, polhemus
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Organization: Robotics Lab. Stanford University
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 18:05:43 GMT
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In article <C3qHtH.Et6.1@cs.cmu.edu> sbk+@cs.cmu.edu (Sing Bing Kang) writes:
>In article <1993Mar10.162139.13141@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> mark@killdeer.Stanford.EDU (Mark Hosang Yim) writes:
>>In article <1nilsqINNda0@disc.coactive.com> disc!dan (dan hennage) writes:
 [ looking for powerglove stuff deleted ]
>>>dan@coactive.com   voice:(415)626-5152    fax:(415)626-6320
>>
>>There's a guy around here that sells a "Dataglove" like thing that is
>>based on some kind of new strain gauge.  I've heard that the device
>>is supposed to be  better than VPL's glove.. don't quote me on
>>any of this though...
>>
>>If you're interested, email me, I'll see if I can scrounge up his address.
>>
>>mark
>>mark@killdeer.stanford.edu
>
>The dataglove that you are referring to is the CyberGlove distributed by
>Virtual Technologies, of which Jim Kramer (CyberGlove creator) is the president.
>The brochure that I have describes the bend sensor as, among others, being of 
>high precision (accurate and repeatable), linear, independent of joint radius 
>of curvature, and decoupled from other sensor outputs.
[ polhemus stuff deleted ]
>hear about this; I am currently using the CyberGlove and Polhemus devices for
>my work in teaching robots to perform tasks from observation.
>
>Sing Bing Kang
>The Robotics Institute
>Carnegie Mellon University
>Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>sbk@cs.cmu.edu
>
>--------------------------
>
>P.S.:
>For those who may be interested in the CyberGlove, the contact address is:
>
>	Virtual Technologies
>	P.O. Box 5984
>	Stanford, CA 94309
>	Tel: (415) 599-2331
                   ^^^^^^^^
>	Fax: (415) 723-0010
                   ^^^^^^^^
>
Well, I just talked to Jim... Those numbers should be:
	Tel: (415) 321-4900
	Fax: (415) 321-4912

mark
mark@killdeer.stanford.edu



