Performance Metrics for Haptic Interfaces

• Main Author: Samur, Evren (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer hardware.; Computer system failures.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Computer Hardware.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

Haptics technology is being used more and more in different applications, such as in computer games for increased immersion, in surgical simulators to create a realistic environment for training of surgeons, in surgical robotics due to safety issues and in mobile phones to provide feedback from user...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms
• Symbols
• Greek Letters
• Part I – Basic Considerations
• Introduction
• State of the Art
• Human Haptic Perception
• Part II – Physical Evaluation
• Performance Evaluation Based on Physical Measurements
• Application to a Haptic Interface
• Part III – Psychophysical Evaluation
• Performance Evaluation based on Psychophysical Tests
• Application to a Tactile Display
• Part IV – Synthesis of Evaluation Methods
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Index.