Advice for Telephone control with Electronic Finger

[Steve SO]

HI all

My company decides to buy the electronic finger or similar instrument to automate the steps of pressing button in the telephone. As i has no experience for the motion control through LabVIEW so i have some questions and hope all of you can give the advice to me.

The principle of my automated steps is simple.

(1). Control the motion of electronic finger or similar instrument by the X-Y axis method (i.e. Up, Down, Left, Right)

(2). Force acting on the phone button should be considered. It cannot act the force too much (i,e, Destroy the button appearance or change the "Long Press" action.) Most likely we can control the force through LabVIEW as well.

Please see the Electronic Finger.bmp in the attachment

The questions are:

(1). Have any vendor or manufacturer can provide the similar instruments. If yes, is it can be controlled by LabVIEW

(2). Is it necessary using the LabVIEW - Motion Modules//assistant?

Thanks for all of u to give advice.

Best Regards

Steve So  

[Steve SO]

Hi all

I want the action is like this Video. It can be controlled by the LabVIEW.

Thanks

Best Regards

Steve So 

[Jochen]

Just recently I have been working on a very similar application with another company.

This company uses a standard NI motion controller like the PCI-7350 and an Epos drive from Maxon motors (servos). In this scenario the PCI-7350 takes care of the motion profiles and the Epos drive provides current limiting as a security feature to keep the pressure within valild limits.
There are several other options like using cRIO and Softmotion but it really depends on the complete application environment to decide which platform meets your needs.

To be honest, I don't think that the discussions forum is the best platform for this type of application consulting. I recommend to call your local NI branch and to talk directly to an NI Field Sales Engineer.

Please don't get me wrong. Of course I am willing to answer any detailed questions here in the forums, but this type of discussion could end up with pages and pages of questions and answers. A face to face discussion will be definitely much more efficient.

Best regards,

Jochen Klier
National Instruments