Haptic and Locomotion Interfaces
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: This paper evaluates the role and effectiveness of different types of haptic feedback in presenting relevant feedback information during needle insertion in soft tissues through a remotely operated robot. We carried out three experiments with human subjects to analyze the effect of grounded...
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Abstract
Haptic feedback is a valuable tool for robotics and virtual interaction at large, spanning a great range of high-impact scenarios, including manipulation, human-robot interaction, medical robotics, microrobotics, and immersive environments. The benefits of... -
The da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK) is a first generation da Vinci robot repurposed as a research platform and coupled with software and controllers developed by research users. An already quite wide community is currently sharing the dVRK (32 systems in 28 sites worldwide). The access to the robotic...
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In this work we present a V-REP simulator for the da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK). The simulator contains a full robot kinematic model and integrated sensors. A robot operating system (ROS) interface has been created for easy use and development of common software components. Moreover, several scenes...
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AbstractIn the last decade, we have witnessed a drastic change in the form factor of audio and vision technologies, from heavy...
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The Robotics group at DIAG, and the associated DIAG Robotics Lab, were established in the late 1980s with a commitment to develop innovative planning and control methods for industrial and service robots.
The main research topics are: nonlinear control of robots; control of manipulators... -
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We present a system in which a human master commands in a natural way the locomotion of a humanoid slave agent in a virtual or real world. The system combines a sensorized passive locomotion platform (Cyberith Virtualizer) for the walking human, the V-REP simulation environment, an Aldebaran Nao...