Interacting with virtual objects with haptic feedback directly using the user's hand (hand-
based haptic interaction) has attracted increasing attention. Due to the high degrees of …

The paper is dedicated to haptic rendering of complex physics-based environment in the
context of surgical simulation. A new unified formalism for modeling the mechanical …

Interacting with virtual objects via haptic feedback using the user's hand directly (virtual hand
haptic interaction) provides a natural and immersive way to explore the virtual world. It …

Whole-hand haptic rendering could lead to more naturalistic and intuitive virtual hand-object
interactions, which could be especially beneficial for applications such as sensorimotor …

In many haptic applications, the user interacts with the virtual environment through a rigid
tool. Tool-based interaction is suitable in many applications, but the constraint of using rigid …

This paper presents a new asynchronous approach for haptic rendering of deformable
objects. When stiff nonlinear deformations take place, they introduce important and rapid …

Three-dimensional Virtual Environments (VEs) enable the acquisition of knowledge on a
given domain through the interaction with virtual entities. The flexibility of a VE allows to …

The colonoscope is an important tool in diagnosis and management of diseases of the
colon. One of the ongoing challenges with this device is that the colonoscope may form a …