Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
From the contents: Part I: Contact Modelling for Grasp Planning and Haptic Rendering.- Rapid Collision Dynamics for Multiple Contacts with Friction.- Does Torque Minimization Yield a Stable Human Grasp?- Dynamic Proxies and Haptic Constraints.- Modelling and Controlling the Compliance of a Robotic Hand with Soft Finger-pads.- Part II: Grasping Control.- Grasp Synthesis from Example: Tuning the Example to a Task or Object.- Efficient and Precise Grasp Planning for Real World Objects.- Toward Sensorless Acquisition of Multiple Contact Points Between Planar Parts.- Semi-Autonomous Human-Robot Interaction for People with Disability.- Part III: Haptic Perception.- On Observing Contact States in Overconstrained Manipulation.- Tactile Flow and Haptic Discrimination of Softness.- Evaluation of Multipoint Contact Interfaces in Haptic Perception of Shapes.- Part IV: Design of Systems Allowing for Real or Virtual Grasping.- Haptic Interfaces: Collocation and Coherence Issues.