A steering input device for electronically controlled elements of machines, vehicles, aircraft or ships, includes a manually operable operating element connected to an input shaft, and a feedback motor having an output shaft, wherein a first angle sensor is provided whose output signal indicates the angular position of the output shaft, and a second angle sensor whose output signal indicates the angular position of the input shaft. The motor output shaft is rotatably connected to the input shaft via at least one elastic member so that an elastic deformation occurs in the elastic member when a torque is applied to one of the shafts, and the resulting angular displacement between the two shafts is measured by the two angle sensors.