Force-feedback devices can provide haptic feedback during interaction with physical models for sound synthesis. However, low-end devices may not always provide high-fidelity display of the acoustic characteristics of the model. This article describes an enhanced handle for the Phantom Omni containing a vibration actuator intended to display the highfrequency portion of the synthesized forces. M...

Optical traps are useful for studying the effects of forces on single molecules. Feedback-based force clamps are often used to maintain a constant load, but the response time of the feedback limits bandwidth and can introduce instability. We developed a novel force clamp that operates without feedback, taking advantage of the anharmonic region of the trapping potential where the differential st...

A physical modelling music synthesis system known as ‘Cymatic’ is described that enables ‘virtual instruments’ to be controlled in real-time via a force-feedback joystick and a force-feedback mouse. These serve to provide the user with gestural controllers whilst in addition giving tactile feedback to the user. Cymatic virtual instruments are set up via a graphical user interface in a manner th...

Using a force feedback device within the framework of deformable object simulation remains difficult because of the incompatibility between the computation time needed by realistic deformable models and high refresh frequencies necessary for real-time haptic rendering. Giving the user a good haptic sensation requires refreshing the applied forces at least ten times more often than for giving a ...

This paper presents initial results in integrating touch with vision for delicate manipulation tasks. A generalizable framework of behavioral primitives for tactile and visual feedback control is proposed. Since vision provides position and shape information at a distance, while tactile provides small-scale geometric and force information, we focus on the complimentary roles of vision and touch...

The introduction of telemanipulator systems into cardiac surgery enables the heart surgeon to perform sophisticated mini-invasive and endoscopic procedures with high precision under stereoscopic view. At present, the commercially available robotic surgical systems do not dispose of force feedback for the operating surgeon. The lack of haptic (force or tactile) feedback causes damage of tissue a...

For direct manipulation environment with force feedback, we propose a kind of string-based two-handed multi-fingers haptic interface device. The system can sense the positions of three fingertips and wrist on each of the user's hand. Force feedback can be perceived when the position of the finger comes into contact with the virtual object. We explain in detail about the algorithms used in the f...

This research deals with master-slave control of a teleoperated hydraulic construction robot. In this system, the master consists of two joysticks, and the slave is the hydraulic construction robot (including the fork glove, boom, arm, and swing, driven by hydraulic actuators). In a previous research, the authors proposed a force feedback method based on position-velocity control, in which the ...

The interaction techniques (ITs) that are used for object selection/manipulation are very important for easier and faster user interaction with objects in virtual environment (VE). Although research in this area is very intensive, few works are interested in possibility to combine these techniques with force feedback. In this paper we present short review of ITs for immersive VE. We discuss the...