Advances in Haptics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533070933)

Haptic interfaces are divided into two main categories: force feedback and tactile. Force feedback interfaces are used to explore and modify remote/virtual objects in three physical dimensions in applications including computer-aided design, computer-assisted surgery, and computer-aided assembly. Tactile interfaces deal with surface properties such as roughness, smoothness, and temperature. Haptic research is intrinsically multi-disciplinary, incorporating computer science/engineering, control, robotics, psychophysics, and human motor control. By extending the scope of research in haptics, advances can be achieved in existing applications such as computer-aided design (CAD), tele-surgery, rehabilitation, scientific visualization, robot-assisted surgery, authentication, and graphical user interfaces (GUI), to name a few. Advances in Haptics presents a number of recent contributions to the field of haptics. Authors from around the world present the results of their research on various issues in the field of haptics.

Author: Mehrdad Hosseini Zadeh
ISBN-10: 9533070935
ISBN-13: 9789533070933
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 732
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.98lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.56d