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HAPTICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Toward Robust Passivity: A Passive Control Implementation Structure for Mechanical Teleoperators
In previous papers, a passive control implementation structure is proposed for mechanical systems interacting with physical environments. The proposed implementation structure enf...
Dongjun Lee, Perry Y. Li
SIGGRAPH
1998
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
A Beam Tracing Approach to Acoustic Modeling for Interactive Virtual Environments
Virtual environment research has focused on interactive image generation and has largely ignored acoustic modeling for spatialization of sound. Yet, realistic auditory cues can co...
Thomas A. Funkhouser, Ingrid Carlbom, Gary Elko, G...
HAPTICS
2008
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Bringing Haptics to Second Life for Visually Impaired People
Potential applications of online virtual worlds are attracting the interest of many researchers around the world. One and perhaps the most famous example of such systems is Linden ...
Maurizio de Pascale, Sara Mulatto, Domenico Pratti...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
The Effect of Stiffness and Curvature on the Haptic Identification of Surfaces
We performed experiments to investigate how humans acquire an internal representation of virtual objects through the execution of reaching movements across the object surface. Sub...
Vikram S. Chib, James L. Patton, Kevin M. Lynch, F...
PRESENCE
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Pilot Evaluation Study of a Virtual Paracentesis Simulator for Skill Training and Assessment: The Beneficial Effect of Haptic Di
Effective, real-time training of health care professionals in invasive procedures is a challenging task. Furthermore, assessing in practice the acquisition of the dexterity and sk...
Costas S. Tzafestas, Kostas Birbas, Yiannis Koumpo...