Networked virtual environments like Second Life enable distant people to meet for leisure as well as work. But users are represented through avatars controlled by keyboards and mo...
Benjamin Petit, Thomas Dupeux, Benoit Bossavit, Jo...
As computers are increasingly used to mediate social interaction, tools are needed not only to support direct communication, but also to create a richer social environment for the...
— We develop a systematic approach to incorporating uncertainty into planning manipulation tasks with frictional contacts. We consider the canonical problem of assembling a peg i...
Peng Cheng, David J. Cappelleri, Bogdan Gavrea, Vi...
— In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications, sensor nodes are often deployed in harsh environments. Routine maintenance, fault detection and correction is difficult, infrequ...
Hai Li, Mark C. Price, Jonathan Stott, Ian W. Mars...
Although touch-screen laptops are increasing in popularity, users still do not comfortably rely on touch in these environments, as current software interfaces were not designed fo...