Manipulating a virtual object with appropriate passive haptic cues provides a satisfying
sense of presence in virtual reality. However, scaling such experiences to support multiple …

We propose a class of passive haptics that we call Sparse Haptic Proxy: a set of geometric
primitives that simulate touch feedback in elaborate virtual reality scenes. Unlike previous …

Virtual reality trainers are educational tools with great potential for laparoscopic surgery.
They can provide basic skills training in a controlled environment and free of risks for …

In this chapter we present an overview of the field of telerobotics with a focus on control
aspects. To acknowledge some of the earliest contributions and motivations the field has …

A great challenge for robotic systems is their ability to carry on complex manipulation and
locomotion tasks while responding to the changing environment. To allow robots to operate …

This paper presents a new solution to haptic based teleoperation to control a large-sized
slave robot for space exploration, which includes two specially designed haptic joysticks, a …

This paper presents a new robotic system designed to assist sonographers in performing
ultrasound examinations by addressing common limitations of sonography, namely the …

Map** operator motions to a robot is a key problem in teleoperation. Due to differences
between local and remote workspaces, such as object locations, it is particularly challenging …

This article addresses the distributed cooperative control design for a class of sampled-data
teleoperation systems with multiple slave mobile manipulators gras** an object in the …

The present paper introduces a manipulator that is developed to combine safe and dynamic
interaction tasks. The system is built from lightweight carbon fiber links and novel high …