Preliminary Program for Haptics Symposium 2003
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Continental Breakfast    07:30 - 08:00
Assemble    08:00 - 08:30
Session I:  Device Design    08:30 - 10:15
The WHaT: a Wireless Haptic Texture Sensor
Dinesh K. Pai and Peter Rizun
Haptic displays based on magnetorheological fluids: design, realization and psychophysical validation
Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Nicola Sgambelluri, Danilo De Rossi, Antonio Bicchi
Multi-fingered Tactile Feedback from Virtual and Remote Environments
Alexander Kron and Günther Schmidt
Designing the Haptic Turntable for Musical Control
Tim Beamish, Karon MacLean, Sidney Fels
Development of Non-grounded Haptic Interface Using Gyro Effect
Hiroaki Yano, Masayuki Yoshie and Hiroo Iwata
SmartSkin - Augmentation of Skin Sensation with Electrocutaneous Display
Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Masahiko Inami, Naoki Kawakami, and Susumu Tachi
Passive Haptic Display for Path Guidance with a Redundantly Actuated Parallel Manipulator
Changhyun Cho, Munsang Kim, and Jae-Bok Song
Coffee Break  10:15 - 10:45
Session II:  Device Evaluation and Performance    10:45 - 12:15
Choosing a Spatial Low Pass Filter for Pin Actuated Tactile Displays
Jaime M. Lee, Christopher R. Wagner, S. J. Lederman, and Robert D. Howe
Motion Guidance Experiments with Scooter Cobot
ES Boy, E Burdet, CL Teo, and JE Colgate
Human Motor Performance while Using a Single-DOF Visual-Haptic Interface
Claudia M. Hendrix and William K. Durfee
Guideline for Designing Haptic Master Hands based on Dynamic Multi-fingered Manipulability
Yasuyoshi YOKOKOHJI, Masaki FUJIWARA, and Tsuneo YOSHIKAWA
Preliminary Two Dimensional Haptic Thresholds and Task Performance Enhancements
Greg Lee and Blake Hannaford
Simulating Side Slopes on Locomotion Interfaces using Torso Forces
John Hollerbach, Damaso Checcacci, Haruo Noma, Yasuyuki Yanagida, Nobuji Tetsutani, and Mamoru Saijyo
Lunch  12:15 - 13:30
Session III:  Control and Modeling  13:30 - 15:00
Path-Following Control for Dissipative Passive Haptic Displays
Davin K. Swanson and Wayne J. Book
Dynamic Local Models for Stable Multi-Contact Haptic Interaction with Deformable Objects
Federico Barbagli, Domenico Prattichizzo, and Kenneth Salisbury
The Haptic Probe: Mechanized Haptic Exploration and Automated Modeling
Volkan Patoglu and R. Brent Gillespie
Recognition of Operator Motions for Real-Time Assistance Using Virtual Fixtures
Ming Li and Allison M. Okamura
Toward Robust Passivity: A Passive Control Implementation Structure for Mechanical Teleoperators
Dongjun Lee and Perry Y. Li
The Effect of Sensor/Actuator Asymmetries in Haptic Interfaces
Federico Barbagli and Kenneth Salisbury
Coffee Break  15:00 - 15:30
Session IV:  Psychophysics  15:30 - 17:00
Relative performance using haptic and/or touch-produced auditory cues in a remote absolute texture identification task
S.J. Lederman, R.L. Klatzky, A.m Martin, and C. Tong
Feedback Distortion for Rehabilitation: Gauging Perceived Physical Effort
Matthew Fagan, Yoky Matsuoka, Roberta Klatzky
Validity of haptic cues and its effect on priming visual spatial attention
J. Jay Young, Hong Z. Tan and Rob Gray
Material Discrimination and Thermal Perception
Lynette A. Jones and Michal Berris
How Well Can We Encode Spatial Layout from Sparse Kinesthetic Contact?
Roberta L. Klatzky and Susan J. Lederman
The role of multisensory feedback in haptic surface perception
Gayla L. Poling, Janet M. Weisenberger, and Thomas Kerwin
Sunday, March 23, 2003
Continental Breakfast  07:30 - 08:00
Assemble  08:00 - 08:30
Session V:  Rendering  08:30 - 10:00
An Experimental Study of Perceived Instability During Haptic Texture Rendering: Effects of Collision Detection Algorithm
Seungmoon Choi and Hong Z. Tan
Levels of Detail in Reducing Cost of Haptic Rendering: a Preliminary User Study
Jian Zhang, Shahram Payandeh, and John Dill
Haptic Editing for Decoration and Material Properties
Laehyun Kim, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, and Mathieu Desbrun
An Integral Equation Based Multiresolution Modeling Scheme for Multimodal Medical Simulations
J Kim, Suvranu De, and Mandayam A. Srinivasan
Six Degree-of-Freedom Haptic Rendering of Complex Polygonal Models
David Johnson and Peter Willemsen
Fuzzy Vector Median Based Surface Smoothing in a Haptic Environment
Yuzhong Shen and Kenneth E. Barner
Coffee Break  10:00 - 10:30
Session VI:  Applications  10:30 - 12:00
Haptic Effects for Virtual Reality-based Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
R. Boian, J. Deutsch, C. Lee, and G. Burdea
Haptic Aided Design: a Case Study
Jian Zhang, Shahram Payandeh, and John Dill
Electro-Rheological Fluidic Actuators for Haptic Vehicular Instrument Controls
Melli-Huber J., Weinberg B., Fisch A., Nikitczuk J., Mavroidis C., and Wampler C
Haptic Task Constraints for 3D Interaction
Rick Komerska and Colin Ware
Implementation of a haptic interface for a virtual reality simulator for flexible endoscopy
Olaf Koerner and Reinhard Maenner
Performance and Co-presence in Heterogeneous Haptic Collaboration
Margaret McLaughlin, Gaurav Sukhatme, Wei Peng, Weirong Zhu, and Jacob Parks
Lunch  12:00 - 13:30
Session VII:  Posters and Demonstrations    13:30 - 16:00
Sensors Assisted Telemanipulation for Maximizing Manipulation Capabilities of Persons With Disabilities
WentaovYu, Benjamin Fritz, Norali Pernalete, Michael Jurczyk, and Rajiv V. Dubey
Role of Torque in Haptic Probing of Virtual Objects
Steve Wang and Mandayam A. Srinivasan
Design of a Uniactuated Bimanual Haptic Interface
Nicholas L. Bernstein Dale A. Lawrence Lucy Y. Pao
Web-based Haptic Applications to Allow Blind People to Create Virtual Graphs
Wai Yu, Katri Kangas, and Stephen Brewster
Real-time Rigid Body Simulation Based on Volumetric Penalty Method
 Shoichi Hasegawa, Nobuaki Fujii, Yasuharu Koike, and Makoto Sato
An Actuator for the Tactile Vest - a Torso-Based Haptic Device
Mealani Nakamura and Lynette Jones
A Framework for the Haptic Rendering of the Human Hand
Panagiotis Stergiopoulos, Guillaume Moreau, Mehdi Ammi, and Philippe Fuchs
Human Performance of an Underactuated Dynamic Task
Marcia O'Malley and Abhishek Gupta
The Hapticon Editor: A Tool in Support of Haptic Communication Research
Mario Enriquez and Karon E. MacLean
Role of Haptics in Teaching Structural Molecular Biology
Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Suzanne Weghorst, Arthur Olson, and Michel Sanner
Omni-Directional Treadmill System
Zheng Wang, Kurt Bauernfeind, and Thomas G. Sugar
Design and Analysis of a Novel Virtual Walking Master
Jungwon Yoon, Jeha Ryu1 and G. Burdea
Transparency and Stability Analysis of a Surgical Teleoperator System
Henrik Flemmer and Jan Wikander
A Haptic Based Virtual Grinding Tool
Arvind Balijepalli and T. Kesavadas
Controller Design for a Wearable, Near-Field Haptic Display
Robert W. Lindeman and Justin R. Cutler
Activation Cues and Force Scaling Methods for Virtual Fixtures
Jason T. Nolin, Paul M. Stemniski, and Allison M. Okamura
Haptic Interface for Hands-On Instruction in System Dynamics and Embedded Control
R. Brent Gillespie, Mark B. Hoffman, and James Freudenberg
Haptic Feedback Using Local Models of Interaction Extended Demo Abstract
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft
Design of Data Glove and Arm Type Haptic Interface
Chou Wusheng Wang Tianmiao Meng Cai Hu Lei
Simplified Authoring of 3D Haptic Content for the World Wide Web
Marcia O'Malley and Shannon Hughes
Observations on and Modifications to the Rutgers Master Force-Feedback System to Support a Mixture of Passive and Active Haptic Feedback
Christoph W. Borst and Richard A. Volz