3D haptic workstation for research into 3D manipulation and sensorimotor integration

我们的团队研究了影响人机交互的因素，以及人类将感觉信息整合为行动的基本能力。目前的提案寻求资金来购买一个复杂的触觉虚拟现实工作站，其中包括一个机械力反馈界面，使我们能够探索a)人类与三维虚拟环境互动的能力，以及b)整合感知和行动以获得这种熟练表现的大脑机制。这项工作的发现将与工业、医学和基础科学应用相关。这些应用包括遥测机器操作、远程机器人手术和神经假体控制/脑机接口技术开发。

Our group studies factors that affect human-computer interaction and the fundamental ability of humans to integrate sensory information for action. The present proposal seeks funding to purchase a sophisticated haptics virtual reality workstation, which includes a robotic force-feedback interface that will allow us to explore a) the abilities of humans to interact with virtual environments in three dimensions, and b) the brain mechanisms underlying the integration of perception and action to attain this level of skilled performance. Findings from this work will be relevant to industrial, medical, and fundamental scientific applications. These applications include telemetric machine operation, telerobotic surgery, and neuroprosthetic control/brain machine interface technology development.