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Multi-point Interaction with Real and Virtual Objects

  • Covers recent research on physical interaction with real and virtual objects
  • Outcome of a well attended workshop on Haptics and Robotics
  • Special emphasis on modelling contacts between objects, grasp planning algorithms, haptic perception, and advanced design of hands, devices and interfaces

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR, volume 18)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. 1 Rapid Collision Dynamics for Multiple Contacts with Friction

    • Danny Kaufman, Dinesh K. Pai
    Pages 3-19
  3. 2 Does Torque Minimization Yield a Stable Human Grasp?

    • Gabriel Baud-Bovy, Domenico Prattichizzo, Nadia Brogi
    Pages 21-40
  4. 3 Dynamic Proxies and Haptic Constraints

    • Günter Niemeyer, Probal Mitra
    Pages 41-53
  5. 4 Modelling and Controlling the Compliance of a Robotic Hand with Soft Finger-pads

    • L. Biagiotti, P. Tiezzi, G. Vassura, C. Melchiorri
    Pages 55-73
  6. 6 Efficient and Precise Grasp Planning for Real World Objects

    • Christoph Borst, Max Fischer, Gerd Hirzinger
    Pages 91-111
  7. 7 Toward Sensorless Acquisition of Multiple Contact Points Between Planar Parts

    • Kevin Egan, Stephen Berard, Jeffrey C. Trinkle
    Pages 113-130
  8. 8 Semi-Autonomous Human-Robot Interaction for People with Disability

    • Pramila Rani, Medha Sarkar, Robert Brackin, Nilanjan Sarkar
    Pages 131-148
  9. 10 Tactile Flow and Haptic Discrimination of Softness

    • Antonio Bicchi, Enzo P. Scilingo, Davide Dente, Nicola Sgambelluri
    Pages 165-176
  10. 11 Evaluation of Multipoint Contact Interfaces in Haptic Perception of Shapes

    • Antonio Frisoli, Massimo Bergamasco, Sue L. Wu, Emanuele Ruffaldi
    Pages 177-188
  11. 13 Haptic Interfaces: Collocation and Coherence Issues

    • Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Simone Marcheschi, Massimo Bergamasco
    Pages 201-213
  12. 15 Effects of Gripping and Translational Forces on Teleoperation

    • Lawton N. Verner, Kristin A. Jeung, Allison M. Okamura
    Pages 231-241
  13. 16 Design of 100G Capturing Robot

    • Makoto Kaneko, Mitsuru Higashimori
    Pages 243-261
  14. Back Matter

About this book

The problem of robotic and virtual interaction with physical objects has been the subject of research for many years in both the robotic manipulation and haptics communities. Both communities have focused much attention on human touch-based perception and manipulation, modelling contact between real or virtual hands and objects, or mechanism design. However, as a whole, these problems have not yet been addressed from a unified perspective. This edited book is the outcome of a well-attended workshop which brought together leading scholars from various branches of the robotics, virtual-reality, and human studies communities during the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. It covers some of the most challenging problems on the forefront of today’s research on physical interaction with real and virtual objects, with special emphasis on modelling contacts between objects, grasp planning algorithms, haptic perception, and advanced design of hands, devices and interfaces.

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