Interacting with Real Robots: Haptic Interfaces - Softcover

Neto, Pedro; Mourato, Nélio; Neto, Diogo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 363935463X ISBN 13: 9783639354638

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011

Synopsis

The process of programming and interacting with an industrial robot is not only restricted to the definition of an abstract program that defines the robot modus operandi. So increasingly, there is a demand for “different” ways to interact with robots, but with a well defined goal: to make the interface human-machine more intuitively. An area of knowledge that has been widely studied over the last years is related to the ability of a user to receive force feedback from a virtual or real robot whereas it performs a certain task. Commonly, this human-machine interaction process is made through a special type of devices called haptic devices. This book explores how a real robotic platform can be managed by haptic technology. Thus, robot users should be able to control a robot while receiving feedback of the forces that are being exerted on the robot end- effector.

About this title

About the Author

Pedro Neto is a PhD student at the Industrial Robotics Laboratory, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Nélio Mourato and Diogo Neto are researchers at the same institution. They are authors of several scientific and technical publications in the robotics field.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363935463X
• ISBN 13: 9783639354638
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80