Haptically Enabled Assembly and Disassembly Simulations

该奖项为研究如何使用触觉界面（提供力反馈和触觉）作为传统纯视觉界面的可能替代品，以模拟计算机上的组装和拆卸操作提供支持。 具体而言，该研究旨在回答这个问题是否触觉启用装配和拆卸仿真环境，让用户从字面上感受到的对象在虚拟计算机世界中提供了一个显着的改进，在装配和拆卸仿真纯视觉仿真反馈。 一个触觉使能的装配和拆卸仿真环境将开发和一些不同的可用的装配和拆卸仿真环境，只提供视觉反馈进行比较。 将采用具有不同视觉和触觉复杂程度的案例研究。该奖项将提供在装配和拆卸模拟中使用触觉界面与纯视觉反馈相比的实用性的直接理解。 部分结果将是一个触觉启用的装配和拆卸仿真环境，可用于基准测试和教育目的。 这项研究将使人们清楚地了解触觉技术在这一领域的优势和局限性，以及在工业环境中应用这项技术的潜力。

This award provides support for research on how to use haptic interfaces (which provide force-feedback and the sense of touch) as a possible alternative to the traditional purely visual interface for simulating assembly and disassembly operations on a computer. Specifically, the research seeks to answer the question whether a haptically enabled assembly and disassembly simulation environment that allows the user to literally feel the objects in the virtual computer world provides a significant improvement over purely visual simulation feedback in assembly and disassembly simulations. A haptically enabled assembly and disassembly simulation environment will be developed and compared with a number of different available assembly and disassembly simulation environments that provide only visual feedback. Case studies with different levels of visual and tactile complexity will be employed.This award will provide for a direct understanding of the utility of using haptic interfaces compared to purely visual feedback in assembly and disassembly simulations. Part of the results will be a haptically enabled assembly and disassembly simulation environment that can be used for benchmarking and educational purposes. The research will provide a clear understanding of the advantages as well as limitations of haptic technology in this area, as well as the potential of applying this technology in industrial settings.