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Human-Centered Robotics and Interactive Haptic Simulation

Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305, USA khatib{at}cs.stanford.edu

Oliver Brock

Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003, USA oli{at}cs.umass.edu

Kyong-Sok Chang

Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305, USA kcchang{at}cs.stanford.edu

Diego Ruspini

Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305, USA ruspini{at}cs.stanford.edu

Luis Sentis

Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305, USA lsentis{at}cs.stanford.edu

Sriram Viji

Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305, USA sviji{at}cs.stanford.edu

A new field of robotics is emerging. Robots are today moving towards applications beyond the structured environment of a manufacturing plant. They are making their way into the everyday world that people inhabit. This paper focuses on models, strategies, and algorithms associated with the autonomous behaviors needed for robots to work, assist, and cooperate with humans. In addition to the new capabilities they bring to the physical robot, these models and algorithms and, more generally, the body of developments in robotics is having a significant impact on the virtual world. Haptic interaction with an accurate dynamic simulation provides unique insights into the real-world behaviors of physical systems. The potential applications of this emerging technology include virtual prototyping, animation, surgery, robotics, cooperative design, and education among many others. Haptics is one area where the computational requirement associated with the resolution in real time of the dynamics and contact forces of the virtual environment is particularly challenging. This paper describes various methodologies and algorithms that address the computational challenges associated with interactive simulations involving multiple contacts and impacts between human-like structures.

Key Words: operational space control • dynamic simulation • haptic rendering • real-time path modification • multicontact simulation • humanoid robotics

The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 23, No. 2, 167-178 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904041325


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