Hi there!
This is my first post, so a brief introduction seems appropriate. Tickling is relatively minor among my many dominance-centric interests, but also has had more staying power than many other things I've done. What has actually brought me, as the title suggests, is interest in a tickling machine. I definitely have a machine fetish, closely coupled with helplessness-related fantasies... and the ultimate way to hold someone helpless is (to me) to employ upon them a ruthless unstoppable machine of any description! Someone interested in my other work brought up the idea of tickling machine as a commercial project, but to be honest just like every other machine I've made it's my own personal interest in the device possibilities that leads me down the road.
A review of the archives here shows that this topic has come up off and on for a number of years. What I've seen of existing machines differs substantially from what I have in mind. I see that someone built a box-style foot stockade with a spinning feather duster, and so forth. I've seen the dedicated room with body-mapping "eye" and dancing dongle. Despite some apparent interest and a number of ideas tossed about, there has been surprisingly little advancement in this area, at least exposed in public view.
I am a pretty serious builder of "erotic machines"... a pioneer in the area of modern sex machines as well as a leading manufacturer, and the manufacturer of a stellar spanking machine lineup. These can be seen at my site, http://www.orgasmalley.com, if you'd like to confirm before burning cycles posting your thoughts and opinions. As it happens, I have some background in a number of relevant technologies, including servos, actuators, microcomputers, and computer programming. I intend to build a tickling machine, whether it's commercially viable or not.
To me, a good tickling is a slow, patient dance using the barest of touch most of the time, moving about unpredictably, characterized by long expectant pauses. I envision a machine design composed of two (at least) types of "pod" unit... a short throw and a long throw, referring to the linear travel distance. Each pod would operate independently based on instructions from a common computer control system, which could itself be driven locally by a person, automatically (randomly, based on user program, or from prior recording), or over the Internet. Each pod has three controllable factors:
1 - Pressure. The pod would use a sensor to maintain a roughly constant distance from target across body curves, and can adjust the pressure of touch from this distance knowledge. It probably will not be able to press "hard"... I'm looking for "drive you mad" sensual tickling as opposed to a deep rib-tickling grab.
2 - Linear motion. The pod will mount directly to the human body over a specific area, and be able to move along the body by a maximum of something like 6 or 12". The shorter distance pod would be for the soles of feet or genitals, while the longer pod could cover an armpit and the 8" or so beneath, just as an example.
3 - Effector motion. There will be an end effector moved along by the linear actuator, which also presents its own motion. My early vision is using an RC servo here, providing either full rotation in either direction or highly controlled rotation across a 180 degree arc. Rotation might be either with or across the direction of linear travel... that will be a matter of some testing. Perhaps both mounting options.
For a full vision, picture a person restrained on a bed or equivalent, arms-up, feet secured individually. To each foot is attached an ankle immobilization boot with open sole, over which operates the short-throw pod. To each side of this person is strapped a long-throw pod, capable of tickling their armpit and side below it. These four pods are all controlled by a central PC, which can put them to use in any combination from one at a time to all four, microscopic movements to fairly vigorous brushings. Now, I'll be back in an hour or two, if I remember you today... 😉
I hope people are interested enough in this topic of provide some thoughts. Have you built something similar already? If so, what did you learn? What abilities above aren't interesting to you, or what really interesting things are missing from the above?
Thanks for reading this far!
Paul
This is my first post, so a brief introduction seems appropriate. Tickling is relatively minor among my many dominance-centric interests, but also has had more staying power than many other things I've done. What has actually brought me, as the title suggests, is interest in a tickling machine. I definitely have a machine fetish, closely coupled with helplessness-related fantasies... and the ultimate way to hold someone helpless is (to me) to employ upon them a ruthless unstoppable machine of any description! Someone interested in my other work brought up the idea of tickling machine as a commercial project, but to be honest just like every other machine I've made it's my own personal interest in the device possibilities that leads me down the road.
A review of the archives here shows that this topic has come up off and on for a number of years. What I've seen of existing machines differs substantially from what I have in mind. I see that someone built a box-style foot stockade with a spinning feather duster, and so forth. I've seen the dedicated room with body-mapping "eye" and dancing dongle. Despite some apparent interest and a number of ideas tossed about, there has been surprisingly little advancement in this area, at least exposed in public view.
I am a pretty serious builder of "erotic machines"... a pioneer in the area of modern sex machines as well as a leading manufacturer, and the manufacturer of a stellar spanking machine lineup. These can be seen at my site, http://www.orgasmalley.com, if you'd like to confirm before burning cycles posting your thoughts and opinions. As it happens, I have some background in a number of relevant technologies, including servos, actuators, microcomputers, and computer programming. I intend to build a tickling machine, whether it's commercially viable or not.
To me, a good tickling is a slow, patient dance using the barest of touch most of the time, moving about unpredictably, characterized by long expectant pauses. I envision a machine design composed of two (at least) types of "pod" unit... a short throw and a long throw, referring to the linear travel distance. Each pod would operate independently based on instructions from a common computer control system, which could itself be driven locally by a person, automatically (randomly, based on user program, or from prior recording), or over the Internet. Each pod has three controllable factors:
1 - Pressure. The pod would use a sensor to maintain a roughly constant distance from target across body curves, and can adjust the pressure of touch from this distance knowledge. It probably will not be able to press "hard"... I'm looking for "drive you mad" sensual tickling as opposed to a deep rib-tickling grab.
2 - Linear motion. The pod will mount directly to the human body over a specific area, and be able to move along the body by a maximum of something like 6 or 12". The shorter distance pod would be for the soles of feet or genitals, while the longer pod could cover an armpit and the 8" or so beneath, just as an example.
3 - Effector motion. There will be an end effector moved along by the linear actuator, which also presents its own motion. My early vision is using an RC servo here, providing either full rotation in either direction or highly controlled rotation across a 180 degree arc. Rotation might be either with or across the direction of linear travel... that will be a matter of some testing. Perhaps both mounting options.
For a full vision, picture a person restrained on a bed or equivalent, arms-up, feet secured individually. To each foot is attached an ankle immobilization boot with open sole, over which operates the short-throw pod. To each side of this person is strapped a long-throw pod, capable of tickling their armpit and side below it. These four pods are all controlled by a central PC, which can put them to use in any combination from one at a time to all four, microscopic movements to fairly vigorous brushings. Now, I'll be back in an hour or two, if I remember you today... 😉
I hope people are interested enough in this topic of provide some thoughts. Have you built something similar already? If so, what did you learn? What abilities above aren't interesting to you, or what really interesting things are missing from the above?
Thanks for reading this far!
Paul
