Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has greatly expanded human capabilities through
perception, understanding, action, and learning. The future of AI depends on cooperation …

Vibrotactile feedback can be effectively applied to motor (physical) learning in virtual
environments, as it can provide task-intrinsic and augmented feedback to users, assisting …

Although robotic telemanipulation has always been a key technology for the nuclear
industry, little advancement has been seen over the last decades. Despite complex remote …

Background Haptic feedback has been proven to play a key role in enhancing the
performance of teleoperated medical procedures. However, due to safety issues …

Catheters measure several physiological parameters, including tissue contact force during
minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures. For force-sensing application in MIS …

Haptic devices have a high potential for delivering tailored training to novices. These
devices can simulate forces associated with real-world tasks, or provide guidance forces that …

Robots are being used more and more in surgery due to the many benefits they bring (eg
reduction of patient discomfort, precision, reliability). Remote robotic surgery is now …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of inaccuracies of haptic guidance
systems during execution of constrained tasks. The Lawrence teleoperation framework is …

Needle insertion in soft-tissue is a minimally invasive surgical procedure which demands
high accuracy. In this respect, robotic systems with autonomous control algorithms have …

In a typical space teleoperation task, mismatches between the viewing direction of the
operator and the direction of their required control input are often unavoidable. To execute …