The Laboratory researches the design and control of haptic devices with a particular focus on high fidelity design. Because haptic interfaces are primarily communication tools between humans and machines, performance is directly linked to usefulness. The laboratory was or is involved in exciting applications including rehabilitation, operator assistance in space, and medecine.
Actuators are at the source of movement.
They not only are fundamental components of any robotic device, but often are a limiting factor of performance. The laboratory has also made contributions in robot programming techniques, trajectory generation, mechanism design, and computational collision detection. This page is not maintained on a frequent basis, but the people list and the publication list are. People Publications Devices Sponsors and Tech. You are granted permission for the non-commercial use, reproduction, distribution or display of this document in any format under the following restrictions.