Glide

Attention

Specifications on this page are preliminary and subject to change.

Overview

The Glide is a passive teleoperation device that an operator moves to control a follower arm. The handle has a trigger, buttons, a joystick, and a vibration motor.

Glide teleoperation device

Glide

Degrees of Freedom

6 passive joints + actuated trigger

Held Weight

About 280 g with cam and spring assist

Nominal Voltage

24 V

Encoder Resolution

14-bit

Communication

Ethernet

Handle I/O

Feature

Value

Trigger

Normalized position 0 (closed) to 1 (open); absolute position in rad

Joystick

2-axis, 0 to 4095 per axis

Buttons

5: 4 LED buttons and 1 joystick press

Button LEDs

Off, solid, or breathing modes; brightness 0 to 255

Vibration Motor

Intensity 0 to 255

Controller Base

The controller base has three M12 connectors with different functions.

Coding

Carries

X Code

Network

A Code

GPIO

L Code

Power

The base also has the Glide’s power switch, a status LED, and a small screen that can display and manage the Glide’s state and configuration.