Experimental study of haptic information pickup in manipulation

Paul Millman*, Ed Colgate

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Abstract

An ecological study of haptic perception and action in tool use has been proposed. The result of such a study would be a theory of tool use to guide haptic interface, telemanipulator, and virtual environment design. As a first step in this study, we conducted an experimental study of haptic information pickup in a single degree-of-freedom positioning task. The task consisted of moving the handle of a one degree-of-freedom manipulandum to a target location using haptic perception. The manipulandum was controlled to exhibit impedances characterizing viscous drag, or damping. Damping in the target region was made to be different from the damping in the surrounding environment (ambient damping). Subjects were instructed to move to, and stop in, the target zone as rapidly as possible. The results of the experiments show that with our apparatus subjects could detect targets designated by differences in target and ambient damping greater than 2.27 N·s/m. For very large differences in target and ambient damping, subjects performed almost as well using haptic perception alone as they did when they could also see the target.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
PublisherSociety of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Pages74-87
Number of pages14
Volume2351
ISBN (Print)081941686X
StatePublished - Jan 1 1995
EventTelemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies - Boston, MA, USA
Duration: Oct 31 1994Nov 1 1994

Other

OtherTelemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies
CityBoston, MA, USA
Period10/31/9411/1/94

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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