Interesting New Tactile Feedback Tech: Haptic Controller Enabling Bi-Directional Force Feedback for Intuitive Robot Teleoperation and Digital Simulation

Jan 8, 2026 10:44 PM

TheGreatMani

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now this is sick!

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Brain microsurgery comes to mind.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Check "phantom haptic device" - those have been around since 1990's. The tacticle feedback felt incredibly real, you could glide the virtual finger along a virtual object (phone) and feel the rubbery buttons, slippery screen glass and other materials like brushed/anodized aluminum as well.

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

I'm drawing a blank on the name, but they had this at an MIT research lab back in 1998. I think it had a cup for your finger instead of the pen.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Even after 25 years nothing compares to the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick. In Combat Flight Simulator you could feel the strain of pulling a high G turn, the loose stick of a flat spin and firing the Messerschmitt Bf 109 cannon felt like it was going to break your wrist.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Always loved trying out the Sidewinder at the Costco when they had their joystick demo displays.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This is going to be used for sex toys eventually

3 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Teledildonics.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Eventually? It already is.

3 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

The chat demands sauce.

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