Soft Robotics. Haptic Interface.

A Multi-Modal Haptic Interface for Virtual Reality and Robotics

In this paper we present an innovative haptic device that combines the electro-tactile stimulation with the force and visual feedbacks in order to improve the perception of a virtual world. We discuss the sensation evoked in a user by the haptic, force, and the visual interface as provided by this device, implemented as a special glove, equipped with sensors and actuators connected to a PC. The...

Simulation of the Admittance Control Based Haptic Interface Device

Human-centered Robotics and Interactive Haptic Simulation Human-centered Robotics and Interactive Haptic Simulation

A new field of robotics is emerging. Robots are today moving towards applications beyond the structured environment of a manufacturing plant. They are making their way into the everyday world that people inhabit. This paper focuses on models, strategies, and algorithms associated with the autonomous behaviors needed for robots to work, assist, and cooperate with humans. In addition to the new c...

Strings: A Haptic Interface

This paper presents my attempt to design an installation that investigates the bi-directional relation of affect we share with our environment. The focus is on the design of an innovative fabric prototype that presents a range of textural qualities to trigger bodily expressions, and which is also capable of perceiving such expressions itself in a tangible manner without the use of distant modes...

Soft robotics for chemists.

In areas from assembly of machines to surgery, and from deactivation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to unmanned flight, robotics is an important and rapidly growing field of science and technology. It is currently dominated by robots having hard body plans—constructions largely of metal structural elements and conventional joints—and actuated by electrical motors, or pneumatic or hydrau...