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HAPTICS
2006
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Evaluating the Role of Force Feedback for Biomanipulation Tasks
Conventional cell manipulation techniques do not have the ability to provide force feedback to an operator. Poor control of cell injection force is one of the primary reasons for l...
Anand Pillarisetti, Maxim Pekarev, Ari D. Brooks, ...
SMC
2007
IEEE
130views Control Systems» more  SMC 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
Simulation framework for training chest tube insertion using virtual reality and force feedback
—Most virtual reality simulators are designed for complex medical procedures, such as laparoscopic surgery. While important, these simulators are of use for only a subset of spec...
Nader S. Raja, John A. Schleser, William P. Norman...
HAPTICS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Effects of Longitudinal Skin Stretch on the Perception of Friction
This work focuses on the relative importance of skin stretch imposed on the fingerpad on the perception of friction. Perceptual data is presented from two separate tests. The fi...
Nicholas D. Sylvester, William R. Provancher
ICRA
2008
IEEE
131views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
13 years 10 months ago
Towards a needle driver robot for radiofrequency ablation of tumors under continuous MRI
— This paper presents an initial design and feasibility study for a 1-DOF Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) compatible needle driver robot for radiofrequency ablation (RFA). This ...
Rebecca Kokes, Kevin Lister, Rao Gullapalli, Bao Z...
IROS
2009
IEEE
166views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
2D micro teleoperation with force feedback
— This paper presents a 2D teleoperation task at microscales with force feedback. At this scale, two major problems arise while performing manipulation tasks: the lack of 3D real...
Aude Bolopion, Barthelemy Cagneau, Stephane R&eacu...
MICCAI
2003
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Evaluating the Role of Vision and Force Feedback in Minimally Invasive Surgery: New Automated Laparoscopic Grasper and A Case St
: Conventional laparoscopic tools do not have the ability of providing force feedback to a surgeon during surgical procedures. Loss of haptic feedback in MIS procedures is a disadv...
Gregory Tholey, Jaydev P. Desai, Andres E. Castell...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
The Effect of Visual and Haptic Feedback on Manual and Teleoperated Needle Insertion
In this paper, we present a study that evaluates the effect of visual and haptic feedbacks and their relevance to human performance in a needle insertion task. A virtual needle ins...
Oleg Gerovichev, Panadda Marayong, Allison M. Okam...