CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design)
Fridays 12:30-1:50 · Gates B01 · Open to the public
September 24, 1999
This talk will introduce some aspects of the field of haptics.
Emerging as a new and practical interface modality, haptic technology
is beginning to provide users with a physical means for interacting
with virtual and remote task environments. In applications ranging
from the desktop to the operating room, haptic technology is
moving out of the lab and becoming a commercially viable field.
The class presentation will cover terminology, psychophysical
issues, hardware past and present, rendering and applications.
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Professor Salisbury received his PhD from Stanford in Mechanical
Engineering in 1982. He then joined MIT where he served as Principal
Research Scientist in Mechanical Engineering and as a member
of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Some of the projects
with which he has been associated include the development of
the Stanford-JPL Robot Hand, the JPL Force Reflecting Hand Controller,
the MIT-WAM arm, and the Black Falcon Surgical Robot. His work
with haptic interface technology led to the founding of SensAble
Technology, producers of the PHANTOM haptic interface and software.
In 1997 he joined the staff at Intuitive Surgical, in Mountain
View, where his efforts have focused on the development of telerobotic
systems for the operating room. In the fall of 1999 he joined
the faculty at Stanford in the Departments of Computer Science
and Surgery.
At Stanford:
My research is focused on two areas, robotics and haptics.
My work in robotics is in the development of new robot arm that
will work in proximity, contact, and cooperation with humans.
My second focus is on the development of haptic interfaces, rendering
techniques and methods for physical interaction with virtual
objects. In collaboration with the Department of Surgery and
we are building a multi-person/multi-hand surgical simulator.
Under NASA funding we are developing a virtual environment for
planetary geologists in which remote geophysical data can be
viewed and felt.
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