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What is Haptic Feedback

Chapter 22
Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics
Information fed back from a system to a user that is tactile in nature.
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Using Haptic Feedback in Human-Swarm Interaction
Steven Nunnally (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Phillip Walker (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Michael Lewis (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Nilanjan Chakraborty (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), and Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9572-6.ch022
Abstract
A swarm of robots is a large group of individual agents that autonomously coordinate via local control laws. Their emergent behavior allows simple robots to accomplish complex tasks. Since missions may have complex objectives that change dynamically due to environmental and mission changes, human control and influence over the swarm is needed. The field of Human Swarm Interaction (HSI) is young, with few user studies, and even fewer papers focusing on giving non-visual feedback to the operator. The authors will herein present a background of haptics in robotics and swarms and two studies that explore various conditions under which haptic feedback may be useful in HSI. The overall goal of the studies is to explore the effectiveness of haptic feedback in the presence of other visual stimuli about the swarm system. The findings show that giving feedback about nearby obstacles using a haptic device can improve performance, and that a combination of feedback from obstacle forces via the visual and haptic channels provide the best performance.
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Chapter 23
Design of a Multi-Modal Dexterity Training Interface for Medical and Biological Sciences
The ability to create a sense of touch at the hand of the user while interacting with the virtual environment. This is usually done through control of electromechanical devices which are manipulated by the user.
Published in Chapter: Design of a Multi-Modal Dexterity Training Interface for Medical and Biological Sciences; From: Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice
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Chapter 10
Design the Technological Society for an Aging Population
Feedback given through sense of touch, such as vibrations.
Published in Chapter: Design the Technological Society for an Aging Population; From: Critical Issues Impacting Science, Technology, Society (STS), and Our Future
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Chapter 4
Virtual Reality and Point-Based Rendering in Architecture and Heritage
Haptic technology, haptics, or kinesthetic communication, is tactile feedback technology which recreates touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. This mechanical stimulation can be used to aid in the creation of virtual objects in a computer simulation, to control such virtual objects, and to improve the remote control of machines and devices. It has been described as “doing for the sense of touch what computer graphics does for vision”. Haptic devices can incorporate tactile sensors that measure forces exerted by the user on the interface.
Published in Chapter: Virtual Reality and Point-Based Rendering in Architecture and Heritage; From: Handbook of Research on Visual Computing and Emerging Geometrical Design Tools
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Chapter 108
The Virtual Identity, Digital Identity, and Virtual Residence of the Digital Citizen
It is the sense of touch at the skin and force feedback information from muscles and joints.
Published in Chapter: The Virtual Identity, Digital Identity, and Virtual Residence of the Digital Citizen; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
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Chapter 28
Collaborative Virtual Environments and Multimedia Communication Technologies in Healthcare
A crucial sensorial modality in VR applications. Haptics means both force feedback (simulating object hardness, weight, inertia, etc) and tactile feedback (simulating surface contact geometry, smoothness, slippage, and temperature) (Burdea, 1999).
Published in Chapter: Collaborative Virtual Environments and Multimedia Communication Technologies in Healthcare; From: Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health
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