Parallel Mechanisms in Haptics

Haptics in military applications

Haptic applications are used versatilely in the military field. Haptics can be used to enhance the users' immersive feeling when performing training in virtual reality environments. Better performance in real life situations can be expected with the help of realistic training environments. Haptics can also be used to communicate or navigate in different surroundings. Haptic navigation and commu...

Haptics in Neuroscience

THE neuroscience of haptics has made many breakthroughs over the last six or so decades and these scientific advances are now being leveraged to develop new therapies for patients suffering from sensorimotor disorders and new technologies to improve our everyday lives. This special section features a broad range of studies, some of which advance our basic understanding of haptics, others develo...

Haptics in ATMs & Kiosks

Educational Haptics

A major benefit of educational robotics is its hands-on nature. This makes the learning process more compelling for most students, and underscores the connection between science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) theory and physical reality. Educational haptics takes this premise a step further: haptic devices that provide force and tactile feedback to the student are programmed to gener...

Parallel Refinement Mechanisms

Refinement is a fundamental design technique that has often challenged the “formal methods” community. In most cases, mathematical elegance and proof manageability have been chosen over flexibility and freedom, which are often needed in practice to deal with unexpected or critical situations. The issue of refinement becomes even more critical when dealing with real-time systems where time analy...