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方案，以模拟计算机上的组装和拆卸操作提供支持。具体来说，该研究试图回答这样一个问题：在装配和拆卸模拟中，一个触觉激活的装配和拆卸模拟环境是否能让用户在虚拟计算机世界中真正感受到物体，这比纯粹的视觉模拟反馈有显著的改进。将开发一个触觉激活的装配和拆卸仿真环境，并与许多只提供视觉反馈的不同可用的装配和拆卸仿真环境进行比较。将采用不同层次的视觉和触觉复杂性的案例研究。该奖项将提供使用触觉界面的效用的直接理解，而不是纯粹的视觉反馈，在装配和拆卸模拟。部分结果将是一个触觉支持的组装和拆卸模拟环境，可用于基准测试和教育目的。这项研究将提供一个清晰的理解的优势和局限性的触觉技术在这一领域，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.