Tele-education systems are increasingly being utilized in medical education worldwide. Due to limited human resources in healthcare in low and middle-income countries, developing online systems that are accessible to medical trainees in underserved areas potentially represents a highly efficient and effective method of improving the quantity and quality of the health care workforce. We develope...

In construction tele-robot system. When p-f architecture force feedback was used, the impact of large feedback force result in the strike-like feeling on the operator’s hand. If the amplitude is high, it will cause the control unstable. So a improved force feedback control method with the feature of a T-S fuzzy feedback coefficient, which could be modified online nonlinearly and continuously, i...

Collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) present ways for human users to work together on a task. Research efforts of CVEs have mainly focused on the factors that affect the task performance of the users, such as awareness, communication, and presence. Furthermore, the users involved normally have the same task experience or knowledge background. In this paper, we examined the effect of intera...

It is well known that haptic feedback can facilitate the tele-operation of a remotely controlled robot by providing the user with intuitive tactile and/or force sensations from the robot's interactions with the environment. However, such mechanical haptic feedback systems can be complex, cumbersome, costly and application specific. This paper presents a novel tele-operation haptic feedback syst...

At the intersection of tele-robotics, computer networking, and human social interaction we have chosen to explore an area we identify as personal tele-embodiment. At the core of this research is an emphasis on the individual person rather than the intricate complexities of the machine. While the mechanical elements of our system are essential to its overall functionality, our research is driven...

This paper presents a tele-wound framework for monitoring chronic wound status based on color variation over a period of time. This will facilitate patients at remote locations to connect to medical experts through mobile devices. Further this will help medical professionals to monitor and manage the wounds in more timely, accurate and precise manner using the proposed framework. Tele-medical a...

Those with proprioceptive impairments can use their other senses as the proprioceptive feedback.We hypothesize that tele-immersion systems can aid in this supplemented proprioception by providing novel visual perspectives of one’s own body. In particular we are interested as to whether the real-time 3D reconstructions used in tele-immersive systems are better or worse than conventional 2D views...

In this paper we would like to tackle the problem of user participation, respectively the lack of it, in e-learning platforms, especially in tele-teaching environments. As the basis we use the idea of a culture of participation to analyse existing systems and suggest enhancements for them. Our aim is to help improve the active engagement and collaboration of learners with the learning material ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Its prevalence calls for innovative rehabilitation methods. The Rutgers Arm is a novel upper extremity rehabilitation system consisting of a low-friction table, three-dimensional (3D) tracker, custom forearm support, PC workstation, library of Java 3D virtual reality (VR) exercises, clinical database module, and a tele-rehab...

The Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project promotes Telemedicine as a flagship application. The primary objective of MSC-based telemedicine—more appropriately Tele-Healthcare—is to establish a healthcare system leveraging advanced information and multimedia technologies so as to deliver hitherto unattainable services at the individual level. With similar vision, though limited in sco...