Is there a possibility of novint falcon haptic device implantation

[JauJieYou]

Is there a possibility of novint falcon haptic device implantation?

[adnanmunawar]

Hello,
We do support the Novint Falcon device. What exactly are you looking to do?

[JauJieYou]

Dear Sir:
Thanks for your reply. I am looking for the purpose, of using two Novint Falcon, as input control as ECM, to AMBF simulation. Is it possible? I only can find for Phantom Omni, and the 'scripts/surgical_robotics_challenge/geomagic_multi_psm_control.py' file is missing?
And should I install other program, like libnifalcon, or sawForceDimensionSDK, or Force Dimension SDK?
I have no budget to using more expensive device. But I will buy two falcon if it is possible.

[adnanmunawar]

Hello,
I see, are you looking to control the ECM in the surgical robotics challenge? If so then such a script should be easy to create. And yes, you will need to install libnifalcon as part of this package (https://github.com/WPI-AIM/ros_falcon). This ros_falcon package can then be run to publish the pose of the Novint Falcon via ROS topics. After this you can create a script based on this one (https://github.com/collaborative-robotics/surgical_robotics_challenge/blob/master/scripts/surgical_robotics_challenge/examples/ecm_control.py) to subscribe to the Novint Falcon's pose and move the ECM.

[JauJieYou]

It's great. May I ask another question? In your experience, can I use two falcon, as bilateral hands? And another question is that the falcon is 3 DoF, can it rotate? Because the needle looks rotate while suturing. Thanks. Best Wishes, JJ You Adnan Munawar ***@***.***> 於 2023年4月15日 週六 上午12:17 寫道：

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Hello, I see, are you looking to control the ECM in the surgical robotics challenge? If so then such a script should be easy to create. And yes, you will need to install libnifalcon as part of this package ( https://github.com/WPI-AIM/ros_falcon). This ros_falcon package can then be run to publish the pose of the Novint Falcon via ROS topics. After this you can create a script based on this one ( https://github.com/collaborative-robotics/surgical_robotics_challenge/blob/master/scripts/surgical_robotics_challenge/examples/ecm_control.py) to subscribe to the Novint Falcon's pose and move the ECM. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#198 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A6ZFAB22XDIFSVPJMWQIY6TXBF2A3ANCNFSM6AAAAAAW2OGPBU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[adnanmunawar]

Hello,

I think it should be possible to use two Falcons at once.

The falcon, as you noticed, has only 3 DOF so not it would not be able to control the gripper orientation.

[JauJieYou]

Thank you for the clarification. But I have no money for the sigma.7, I had tried to ask the cost, and scared. Thanks Best Wishes, JJ You Adnan Munawar ***@***.***> 於 2023年5月11日 週四 上午1:57 寫道：

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Hello, I think it should be possible to use two Falcons at once. The falcon, as you noticed, has only 3 DOF so not it would not be able to control the gripper orientation. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#198 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A6ZFAB3QIOKS63OMNQKD6ILXFPJGZANCNFSM6AAAAAAW2OGPBU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[adnanmunawar]

Yes you don't need to buy a Simga. You can instead look at Geomagic Touch or Phantom Omni. The Phantom Omni should be inexpensive if you can find it on lets say Ebay.

Or you can just a SpaceNav mouse which will allow to you control the 6 DOFs