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Industrial applications of haptic technologies

Jerome Perret

© Lockheed Martin Aeronautics © PSA Peugeot Citroën

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Industrial applications – Nuclear

Origin of haptic technology Ray Goertz, Argonne National Lab, USA, 1954

Usage

Tele-Manipulation of radioactive material (“hot cell”)

Tele-Maintenance of equipment in powerplants

Remote-controlled intervention in case of accidents

Dismantling/decommissioning of old facilities

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Industrial applications – Nuclear

© AREVA © AREVA

© AREVA

Market

Customers: Government bodies, public/private power suppliers, service companies

Volume: 20-30 complete systems/year

Value: 10-20 M€/year

Tendency: slow growth

Rate of use (“hot cell”): daily

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Industrial applications – Automotive

Embedded

HMI (e.g. iDrive, productive)

Controls (e.g. Lane Assist, productive)

Engineering/VR

Assembly simulation (productive)

Product ergonomics (development)

Process ergonomics (development)

© Daimler

© BMW

© Daimler

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Market (Engineering/VR)

Customers: OEMs

Volume: 5-10 devices/year

Value: < 1 M€/year

Tendency: stable

Rate of use (assembly simulation): 2-3 times/week

© PSA Peugeot Citroën © PSA Peugeot Citroën

Industrial applications – Automotive

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Industrial applications – Aerospace

Embedded

HMI (e.g. drone stick)

Engineering/VR

Maintenance simulation (productive)

Product ergonomics (development)

Process ergonomics (development)

© BAE Systems © Wittenstein

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Market (Engineering/VR)

Customers: OEMs

Volume: 5-10 devices/year

Value: < 1 M€/year

Tendency: stable

Rate of use (maintenance simulation): 4-5 times/month

© Airbus UK

© EADS © Sikorsky Aircraft

Industrial applications – Aerospace

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Industrial applications – Consumer

Embedded

HMI (e.g. haptic knob/slider, productive)

Engineering/VR

Product ergonomics (development)

Market (Engineering/VR)

Inexistent

© Politecnico di Milano

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Industrial applications – Other

Manufacturing

Assistive robotics (development)

Market

Customers: all manufacturing companies

Volume: 100-1000 units/year

© RB3D

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Conclusion

Industrial applications of haptic technologies

Significant market in non-VR-related applications

VR-related applications still in their infancy

Huge growth potential!

Barriers

Rate of use still too low

Complexity (physics simulation, collision detection, integration with data/software platforms)

Drivers

Return on investment can be achieved quickly

Future trends

“Killer application” might not exist

Probable slow diffusion toward first tier suppliers

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Core business Interactive solutions based on 6D haptics/force-feedback

Founded in 2001

Located in Laval, France

Technology developed by CEA LIST (Research Center for Atomic Energy)

Dassault Systemes CAAV5 partner since 2004

Siemens PLM Partner since 2013

Resellers in

– France, Germany, Russia

– USA, Canada, Brazil

– China, Japan, South Korea

– Australia, Singapore

Office in Germany (Aachen)

Staff: 11

2012 turnover: 1.4 M€ (+22% growth)

Company profile haption

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Hardware products

Virtuose 6D Inca 6D Virtuose 3D Desktop

Able 7D Scale 1 MAT 6D

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Commercial references

Industry

– France: Airbus , Areva, Astrium, Dassault Aviation, EADS IW, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault

– Europe: Airbus, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler (Germany), Airbus (UK), Alstom Transport (Spain), Thales Alenia Space (Italy)

– USA: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, NASA Marshall, Sikorsky, United Space Alliance

– Asia: Mitsubishi Motors, Toyota (Japan), AVIC 132/601/611 (China), ADD (South Korea), ADA (India)

Academic

– France: CEA LIST, CNRS/LIMSI, ENISE, ENIT, INP Grenoble, IRISA, ISIR

– Europe: Univ Hannover, Univ Karlsruhe (Germany), IIT, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), DIFFER (Netherlands)

– USA: Iowa State University, Univ Arkansas, Univ Connecticut

– Asia: Univ Beihang, Univ Shangaï (China), Univ Deakin (Australia), DMI (South Korea)