A novel haptic interface for navigation in large volume environments

Smith, T.A., Barrow, A.L., Barrow, R.G. and Harwin, W.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3928-3381 (2007) A novel haptic interface for navigation in large volume environments. In: 2nd Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2007-01-01, Tsukuba, Japan. doi: 10.1109/WHC.2007.10

Abstract/Summary

Haptic interfaces can provide highly realistic interaction with objects within their workspace, but the task of interacting with objects over large areas or volumes is made difficult by the limits of interface travel. This paper details the development of a custom haptic interface - for navigating a large virtual environment (a simulated supermarket), and investigation into different control methods which allow for haptic interaction over extremely large workspaces.