This paper describes a new interface, which supports volume rendering with haptic interaction, between a haptic device and the application. The currently available GHOST SDK represents only the haptic environment as a hierarchical collection of geometric objects. We have developed a volume-based GHOST Application Programming Supplement Interface Library (APSIL) for volume visualization which is...

In this paper, we make a comparison of haptic control schemes (position-position and position-force control schemes) for two haptic teleoperation systems by QoE (quality of experience) assessment. One is a remote control system with haptic media and video. In the system, we can write characters by controlling a haptic interface device at a remote place with another haptic interface device while...

In our previous works, we have proposed a mixed force and motion commands-based space robot teleoperation system and a compact 6-DOF haptic interface to achieve an effective manual teleoperation. Until now, the effectiveness of this system and the haptic interface has been confirmed by the experiments in our laboratory. The most important features of this teleoperation system are robustness aga...

In this paper, telemicromanipulation systems with haptic feedback, which are connected through network, are proposed. It is based on scaled bilateral teleoperation systems between different structures. These systems are composed of an original 6 degree of freedom (DOF) parallel link manipulator to carry out micromanipulation and a 6-DOF haptic interface with force feedback. A parallel mechanism...

The objective of the research reported here is to develop a Multimodal 3D Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with haptic interface. In 3D environments, the complex spatial relationship between the entities and the influence of the light and shadow make operations of objects difficult and inefficient. Haptic interaction is then considered as an effective auxiliary method. We studied the feas...

A haptic simulation environment to simulate planar threedegree-of-freedom motion has been developed by the authors. The system consists of a novel parallel manipulandum and associated control, collision detection and dynamic simulation software running on a QNX PC. This paper describes haptic interface control and outlines the control systems that have been designed for the haptic rendering of ...

The goal of this study is to develop a haptic interface for dexterous manipulation. To achieve this, we proposed electrotactile-kinesthetic integration. Our electrotactile display presents natural touch sensations of objects. In addition, this display is so small that it is considered to not affect the moving range of fingers. The haptic interface for dexterous manipulation is realized by mount...

This paper presents various procedures that can be used in order to numerically evaluate what the maximum Z−width that can be rendered by a mobile haptic interface will be given few parameters that characterize the haptic device and the mobile platform that make up such interface. Such procedures are applied to the case of two different mobile haptic interfaces. Results are encouraging, even th...