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HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Haptic Glyphs (Hlyphs) -- Structured Haptic Objects for Haptic Visualization
Haptic devices can be used to visualize information. As well as representing tangible surfaces and forces to enhance virtual training simulators for instance, haptic devices have ...
Jonathan C. Roberts, Keith M. Franklin
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Spanning Large Workspaces Using Small Haptic Devices
Exploring large virtual environments using a small haptic device with limited-workspace capabilities is a challenging task because the user very quickly reaches the borders of the...
François Conti, Oussama Khatib
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
The Maxima Haptics Package -- A Tool for Symbolic Analysis of Haptics and Teleoperation
The Maxima Haptics Package is a free software package for symbolic analysis of linear models of haptic devices and teleoperators. From a mechanical model of the haptic device, the...
Göran A. V. Christiansson
HAPTICS
2006
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
The Role of Prototyping Tools for Haptic Behavior Design
We describe key affordances required by tools for developing haptic behaviors. Haptic icon design involves the envisioning, expression and iterative modification of haptic behavio...
Colin Swindells, Evgeny Maksakov, Karon E. MacLean
DSRT
2006
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Haptic Applications Meta-Language
A wide range of haptic devices exist that possess the potential to offer users a rich experience in a virtual reality environment. This however depends on the haptic device to be ...
Fayez R. El-Far, Mohamad A. Eid, Mauricio Orozco T...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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14 years 5 months ago
Conveying virtual tactile feedback via augmented kinesthetic stimulation
— In real object manipulation, the deformation of the fingerpads along the contact surfaces provides local information about the geometry of the object the subject is manipulati...
Alessandro Formaglio, Gabriel Baud-Bovy, Domenico ...
HAPTICS
2008
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Autocalibrated Gravity Compensation for 3DoF Impedance Haptic Devices
Abstract. The apparent mass of haptic device end-effector depends on its position inside the workspace. This paper presents a recursive algorithm to detect effective direction of g...
Alessandro Formaglio, Marco Fei, Sara Mulatto, Mau...
HAPTICS
2009
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Effects of haptic device attributes on vibration detection thresholds
Human vibrotactile detection experiments were used to compare temporal sinusoids displayed on three commercial haptic devices to a high-fidelity linear voice-coil actuator. The t...
Curt Salisbury, R. Brent Gillespie, Hong Z. Tan, F...
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Design of haptic interfaces for therapy
Touch is fundamental to our emotional well-being. Medical science is starting to understand and develop touch-based therapies for autism spectrum, mood, anxiety and borderline dis...
Cati Vaucelle, Leonardo Bonanni, Hiroshi Ishii