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ICRA
2003
IEEE
144views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
14 years 1 months ago
A vision-based haptic exploration
Real-world objects exhibit rich physical interaction behaviours on contact. Such behaviours depend on how heavy and hard it is when held, how its surface feels when touched, how i...
Hiromi T. Tanaka, Kiyotaka Kushihama, Naoki Ueda, ...
VR
2010
IEEE
151views Virtual Reality» more  VR 2010»
13 years 6 months ago
Astrojumper: Designing a virtual reality exergame to motivate children with autism to exercise
Children with autism show substantial benefits from rigorous physical activity, however it is often difficult to motivate these individuals to exercise due to their usually sede...
Samantha L. Finkelstein, Andrea Nickel, Tiffany Ba...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
145views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 2 months ago
Towards a personal robotics development platform: Rationale and design of an intrinsically safe personal robot
—The most critical challenge for Personal Robotics is to manage the issue of human safety and yet provide the physical capability to perform useful work. This paper describes a n...
Keenan A. Wyrobek, Eric H. Berger, H. F. Machiel V...
NIME
2004
Springer
79views Music» more  NIME 2004»
14 years 1 months ago
Toward a generalized friction controller: from the bowed string to unusual musical instruments
We present case studies of unusual instruments that share the same excitation mechanism as that of the bowed string. The musical saw, Tibetan singing bow, glass harmonica, and bow...
Stefania Serafin, Diana Young
ICIAP
2001
Springer
14 years 9 days ago
Towards Teleconferencing by View Synthesis and Large-Baseline Stereo
We address the application of computer vision to semiimmersive teleconferencing, and present a prototype vision system synthesising a physically plausible video of a speaker to be...
Francesco Isgrò, Emanuele Trucco, Li-Qun Xu