This article gives an overview of research performed in the field of haptic information
feedback during minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Literature has been consulted from 1985 …

The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

WINNER 2009 CHOICE AWARD OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE! Nanotechnology is no
longer a subdiscipline of chemistry, engineering, or any other field. It represents the …

Considering the fluid nature of nano breakthroughs—and the delicate balance between
benefits and consequences as they apply to medicine—readers at all levels require a …

Force feedback has been suggested to provide a number of benefits to surgery. Few studies,
however, have addressed the benefit of force feedback in the context of the complexities of …

During interaction with objects using a tool, we experience force and tactile feedback. One
form of tactile feedback is local fingerpad skin deformation. In this paper, we provide haptic …

Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) holds great promise for improving the
accuracy and dexterity of a surgeon while minimizing trauma to the patient. However …

During tool-mediated interaction with everyday objects, we experience kinesthetic forces
and tactile sensations in the form of vibration and skin deformation at the fingerpad …

Conventional approaches for stability analysis of bilateral teleoperation systems assume
that the human operator does not inject energy into the system and behaves in a passive …

This paper presents a system of two double-gimbal control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) for
providing ungrounded kinesthetic haptic feedback. By spinning a second flywheel opposite …