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In interacting with a soft object, both visual and haptic senses play major role in providing the characteristics of the object. While visual feedback comes from the appearance of the overall shape, haptic feedback comes largely from the localized internal composition. However, it has been a common practice to represent the object with one model for both processing shape de formation and computing...
The objective of this research is to propose and design a compact tactile display module and verify its performance in a pen-like haptic interface, particularly on the touch screen. A small, safe, silent and light tactile display module with low power dissipation has been built. Based on this module, we present the Ubi-Pen, a pen-like haptic interface providing texture and vibration stimuli. Preliminary...
We have developed an embodied avatar mediated communication system by using a human avatar called the 'VirtualActor' and an abstract avatar called the 'VirtualWave' within the same communication space. VirtualActor is a CG character based on a talker's embodied information in the virtual space. The self-referable avatar's motion is consistent with the talker's conscious behavior and unconscious communication...
The lag effects of utterance to communicative motions in human-robot and in human-CG character greeting interaction have been clarified. In this paper, information presentation timing by an agent based on the time lag effects of utterance to communicative action is analyzed by synthesis for applying to a human-agent interaction support. First, the analysis of a human information presentation action...
The problem of visual telepresence and augmented reality control of reconnaissance mobile robots is described. ARGOS (advanced robotic graphical operation system) for teleoperation of various mobile robots through sensory supported visual telepresence is presented. Two robots - Orpheus and Hermes, and one embedded system Orpheus EB - made on Department of Control and Instrumentation (DCI) are described...
Robot ecologies provide a new paradigm for assistive, service, industrial, and entertainment robotics which is quickly gaining popularity. These ecologies contain a large number of robotic components pervasively embedded in the environment and interacting with each other. Human users of such systems need to be able to interface with both the system as a w hole and, if desired, which each individual...
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