Progress in printing the hand parts
Today We finally took the decision to embed all the electronic stuff necessary for haptic response and precise positioning inside the thimble. This was a hard choice and has required a complete redesign of the thimble in order to make more room for all the control electronics for the haptic device. This choice has slowed down our timeline for two days: one for the design and the other one for testing.
The con is a bigger thimble while the pro is the ability to change a single finger upon failure. Big leap!
While I’m writing I’m downloading the Unreal Engine. Hope to show you some good stuff at @makerfaire italian pavilion.
Night thoughts on positioning the haptic control stuff
Embedding the control of the haptic response in the palm or leave on the thimble?
Now I’m leaning towards the palm solution in order to mantain a light thimble. Tomorrow we will check with the R&D…