Interactions with virtual worlds using the sense of touch, called haptic rendering, have natural applications in many domains such as health or industry. For an accurate and realistic haptic feedback, the haptic device must receive orders at high frequencies, especially to render stiff contacts between rigid bodies. Therefore, it is today still challenging to provide consistent haptic feedback ...

One of most interesting aspects in haptic research deals with the extension of application workspace, thus allowing haptic simulation within large virtual environments. Several devices have been realized that allow this kind of interaction, in particular our interest focuses on mobile haptic interfaces, realized by combining classic grounded haptic devices with mobile platforms. While grounded ...

Force feedback control is investigated for improving the quality of the haptic feedback in virtual reality applications. Advanced control design can increase the transparency of the haptic device at the haptic interface thereby increasing the realism of the simulation. Force feedback also enables the implementation of admittance control approaches heretofore considered the domain of large robot...

The control of a passive dissipative haptic interface using electromagnetic dry friction clutches as actuators is considered. The performance of the device is currently limited by actuator performance. A dynamic simulation of the system indicates that actuator torque may be better controlled with torque feedback, resulting in improved path-following performance of the haptic interface. Experime...

cially created tactile sensations. One important use of these displays is to recreate the experience caused by contact between a tool and an object. This capability can be useful in several applications, such as surgical simulators, because users experience an enhanced sense of realism when a haptic simulation is combined with a graphic simulation. Haptic displays require two essential subsyste...

1. Introduction Haptic rendering enables a user to touch, feel, and manipulate virtual objects through a haptic interface (see Figure 1). The field has shown a significant expansion during the last decade. Since the publication of earlier review papers (Salisbury and Srinivasan, 1997; Srinivasan and Basdogan, 1997), new rendering techniques and several new applications have emerged (see the mor...