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Haptic From the Greek Haphe, means pertaining to the sense of touch. It is the earliest sense to develop in the fetus, and the development of infants' haptic senses, and how that relates to the development of the other senses such as vision, has been the target of much research.
Haptic technology
Haptic technology refers to technology which interfaces the user via the sense of touch. It is an emerging technology that promises to have wide reaching implications.
History
One of the earliest forms of haptic devices is used in large modern aircraft that use servo systems to operate control systems. Such systems tend to be "one-way" in that forces applied aerodynamically to the control surfaces are not perceived at the controls, with the missing normal forces simulated with springs and weights. In earlier, lighter aircraft without servo systems, as the aircraft approached a stall the aerodynamic buffeting was felt in the pilot's controls, a useful warning to the pilot of a dangerous flight condition. This control shake is not felt when servo control systems are used. To replace this missing cue, the angle of attack is measured, and when it approaches the critical stall point a "stick shaker" (an unbalanced rotating mass) is engaged, simulating the effects of a simpler control system. This is an example of haptic feedback. More on [ Haptic ]
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ACSys VE Lab. - The ACSys VE lab in Australia does research into virtual environments and into haptics and co-located haptic and graphics, particularly for mining applications.
Meta Description: [ The Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Computational Systems (ACSys) conducts research in Australia in information technology and its application to industry ]
FCS Robotics - A manufacturer and supplier of the HapticsMASTER, a high-performance interface.
Force-Feedback (Immersion) - Immersion Corporation's Force Feedback systems. Immersion makes the haptic mouse, high quality haptic joysticks and a haptic laparoscopic surgery simulation device.
Meta Description: [ Immersion: haptic interface products and tactile feedback technology featuring the virtual glove, intravenous catheterization and force feedback technologies. ]
ForceDimension - Offers devices for high-end applications and research, as well as custom solutions for the industry.
Haptic FAQ - From Sci.virtual worlds newsgroup.
Haptic Spaces by Mark Paterson - Doctoral research paper looking into the way our spatial cognition, the way we process and negotiate space, is mediated by touch.
Haptics Community Web pages - The haptics community web pages have a good selection of research papers, particularly on hardware. The page does not seem to be maintained however.
Meta Description: [ This page serves the haptics community with an up-to-date listing of research archives, conferences, a brief introduction to haptics, and some current job listings in academia and industry. ]
Haptics Laboratory - McGill Center for Intelligent Machines Haptics Laboratory works on the engineering and design of interfaces that use touch during interaction with information systems.
Haptics-e - Haptics-e is an electronic journal for haptics research.
Haption - Develops and commercializes force-feedback (haptic) computer devices for Virtual Reality.
Millersville University Hershey Medical Center Research - Millersville are doing research into using haptics in the medicine.
MIT Touchlab - The MIT Touchlab aims to understand human haptics, develop machine haptics, and enhance human-machine interactions in virtual reality systems.
Novint Technologies - Specializes in haptics applications for medical, oil/gas, automotive, and mass market fields.
PHANTOM Users' Research Symposium - PURS is a meeting for haptics researchers held in Europe.
Quanser - Manufacturers of robotic and mechatronic systems including high quality haptic devices
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ReachIn Technologies - ReachIn Technologies produce integrated haptic and graphic systems. They make display systems and produce the haptic and graphic API Magma.
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SensAble Technologies - PHANTOM haptics devices and GHOST API allow users to touch and manipulate 3D data. Also the FreeForm is an important 3D modelling tool which is haptically enabled, using a PHANTOM® Omni™ device (a high end haptic device).
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