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Hey Everyone!

I know.. It has been months! But, I return with a little mechatronics 202 homework problem I made up for myself as I begin to get into haptics and haptic research (See Wikipedia).

Anyhow. Attached and linked is a 'worksheet' I have made to help me figure out how to tackle this rudimentary 1-axis force feedback interactive machine.

Essentially I wanted to make a tug of war machine, but after some tinkering with gears, belts, and motors, I decided to just go super simple, and do a 'Stick'.

If any of you servo geniuses out there have any advice about ways to attack this, let me know.. I have considered resistive pressure sensors or similar as well.. But I do not know.. I also considered various scenarios with springs and linear encoders.
<img src="www.robertguyser.com/1axishaptic.gif">
Thanks!