| Control and Technology | |
| Efficient Transport Protocol for Networked Haptics Applications | p. 3 |
| Bilateral Control Architecture for Telerobotics Systems in Unknown Environments | p. 13 |
| Discrimination of Concurrent Vibrotactile Stimuli | p. 23 |
| A New Myohaptic Device to Assess Wrist Function in the Lab and in the Clinic - The Wristalyzer | p. 33 |
| Autocalibrated Gravity Compensation for 3DoF Impedance Haptic Devices | p. 43 |
| DC Motor Damping: A Strategy to Increase Passive Stiffness of Haptic Devices | p. 53 |
| Robust Impedance Control of a Delayed Telemanipulator Considering Hysteresis Nonlinearity of the Piezo-actuated Slave Robot | p. 63 |
| A Pragmatic Method for Stable Stiffness Reflection in Telesurgery | p. 73 |
| Passive Bilateral Control of a Teleoperation System Considering Hysteresis Nonlinearity of Slave Robot | p. 83 |
| Model and Modeless Friction Compensation: Application to a Defective Haptic Interface | p. 94 |
| On-Line Interactive Dexterous Grasping | p. 104 |
| User Identification Based on Handwritten Signatures with Haptic Information | p. 114 |
| Transparency Analysis of Bilateral Controllers Based on the Methodology of State Convergence | p. 122 |
| A Fuzzy Logic System for Evaluating Quality of Experience of Haptic-Based Applications | p. 129 |
| An Interaction Model for the Quantification of Haptic Impressions | p. 139 |
| A PHANTOM Device with 6DOF Force Feedback and Sensing Capabilities | p. 146 |
| An Approach to Contact Force Vector Determination and Its Implementation to Provide Intelligent Tactile Interaction with Environment | p. 151 |
| Extending the Z-Width of a Haptic Device Using Acceleration Feedback | p. 157 |
| GPU in Haptic Rendering of Deformable Objects | p. 163 |
| Wave Variables and the 4 Channel Architecture for Haptic Teleoperation | p. 169 |
| Studies of the Mechanical Impedance of the Index Finger in Multiple Dimensions | p. 175 |
| Teleoperation of a Robot Using a Haptic Device with Different Kinematics | p. 181 |
| Haptics Perception | |
| Overshoot Effect in Stiffness Perception Tasks during Hand Motion with Haptic Device | p. 189 |
| Designing Large Sets of Haptic Icons with Rhythm | p. 199 |
| Tactor Localization at the Wrist | p. 209 |
| Shape Discrimination in Active Touch: Effects of Exploratory Direction and Their Exploitation | p. 219 |
| Tactile Illusion Caused by Tangential Skin Strain and Analysis in Terms of Skin Deformation | p. 229 |
| Intermanual Transfer of the Curvature Aftereffect in Static and Dynamic Touch | p. 238 |
| Proposal of the Stretch Detection Hypothesis of the Meissner Corpuscle | p. 245 |
| Kinaesthetic and Cutaneous Contributions to the Perception of Compressibility | p. 255 |
| Analyzing Perceptual Representations of Complex, Parametrically-Denned Shapes Using MDS | p. 265 |
| Haptic Search for Spheres and Cubes | p. 275 |
| Impaired Haptic Size Perception Following Cortical Stroke: A Case Study | p. 283 |
| Time-Shrinking and the Design of Tactons | p. 289 |
| Differences in Fitts' Law Task Performance Based on Environment Scaling | p. 295 |
| The Effect of Haptic Feedback on Basic Social Interaction within Shared Virtual Environments | p. 301 |
| Investigating Visuo-tactile Recognition of Unfamiliar Moving Objects | p. 308 |
| Exploratory Movement Parameters Vary with Stimulus Stiffness | p. 313 |
| The Natural Truth: The Contribution of Vision and Touch in the Categorisation of "Naturalness" | p. 319 |
| Design Considerations for Lateral Skin Stretch and Perpendicular Indentation Displays to Be Used in Minimally Invasive Surgery | p. 325 |
| Perceived Strength of Lateral Acceleration Display for Touchscreen Emulation of Mechanical Switch Transients | p. 331 |
| Tactile Perceptual Dimensions: A Study with Light-Weight Wool Fabrics | p. 337 |
| Thermoelectric Tactile Display Based on the Thermal Grill Illusion | p. 343 |
| Adaptation to Force in the Haptic Rendering of Virtual Environments | p. 349 |
| The Effects of Hand Motion on Haptic Perception of Force Direction | p. 355 |
| Haptic Perception of Real and Virtual Curvature | p. 361 |
| The Virtual Hand Illusion and Body Ownership | p. 367 |
| Measurement and Influence of the Skin Moisture in Dexterous Manipulation | p. 373 |
| Unimanual and Bimanual Weight Discrimination in a Desktop Setup | p. 378 |
| Fusion of Vibrotactile Signals Used in a Tactile Display in Computer Aided Surgery | p. 383 |
| Multi-finger Prehension Synergy: Exploration with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | p. 389 |
| Working Memory for Visual and Haptic Targets: A Study Using the Interference Paradigm | p. 395 |
| Differences between Operator Reactions on Positions of Visual Feedback of Haptic Stimuli, in a Crossed or Uncrossed Position of Laparoscopic Tools | p. 400 |
| Haptics Devices | |
| MasterFinger: Multi-finger Haptic Interface for Collaborative Environments | p. 411 |
| A Vibrotactile Device for Display of Virtual Ground Materials in Walking | p. 420 |
| Basic Analysis of Stickiness Sensation for Tactile Displays | p. 427 |
| Electromagnetic Actuation Based on MEMS Technology for Tactile Display | p. 437 |
| Powerful Compact Tactile Display with Microhydraulic Actuators | p. 447 |
| A Palm-Worn Haptic Display for Bimanual Operations in Virtual Environments | p. 458 |
| Dynamic Conditions of Reflection-Type Tactile Sensor | p. 464 |
| A New Cable-Actuated Haptic Interface Design | p. 474 |
| Straw-Like User Interface (II): A New Method of Presenting Auditory Sensations for a More Natural Experience | p. 484 |
| Extending Haptic Device Capability for 3D Virtual Grasping | p. 494 |
| Non-contact Method for Producing Tactile Sensation Using Airborne Ultrasound | p. 504 |
| Grounding Mobile Force Feedback in the Real World | p. 514 |
| Large Workspace Haptic Devices for Human-Scale Interaction: A Survey | p. 523 |
| Optimal Dimensional Synthesis of a Dual Purpose Haptic Exoskeleton | p. 529 |
| FPGA-Based Control for the Wire-Saving of Five-Fingered Haptic Interface | p. 536 |
| A Novel Tactile Device Considering Nail Function for Changing Capability of Tactile Perception | p. 543 |
| 6DOF Whole-Hand Haptic Interaction System Based on Hybrid Grasping Approach | p. 549 |
| Optimal Posture Control for a 7 DOF Haptic Device Based on Power Minimization | p. 555 |
| Development of a Microscopic Three-Axis Tactile Sensor: Preliminary Examinations to Establish Sensing Algorithm by Using a Simulated Mockup | p. 561 |
| Presentation of Force-Motion Relationship by Inertial Force Display | p. 567 |
| Flexible Elastoresistive Tactile Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery | p. 573 |
| NOBUNAGA: Multicylinder-Like Pulse Generator For Kinesthetic Illusion of Being Pulled Smoothly | p. 580 |
| Haptics Rendering | |
| Using Vibration Patterns to Provide Impact Position Information in Haptic Manipulation of Virtual Objects | p. 589 |
| On Suturing Simulation with Haptic Feedback | p. 599 |
| Modulating Real Object; Stiffness for Haptic: Augmented Reality | p. 609 |
| Alternative Display of Friction Represented by Tactile Stimulation without Tangential Force | p. 619 |
| Haptic Interaction with Virtual Avatars | p. 630 |
| DIBHR: Depth Image-Based Haptic Rendering | p. 640 |
| A Physically Realistic Voxel-Based Method for Haptic Simulation of Bone Machining | p. 651 |
| Haptic Feedback Based on Physically Based Modeling for Cellular Manipulation Systems | p. 661 |
| Haptic Pottery Modeling Using Circular Sector Element Method | p. 668 |
| Surface Contact Interaction with Dynamically Deformable Object Using Impulse-Based Approach | p. 675 |
| Simultaneous Presentation of Tactile and Auditory Motion on the Abdomen to Realize the Experience of "Being Cut by a Sword" | p. 681 |
| A Flexible Method for Haptic Rendering of Isosurface from Volumetric Data | p. 687 |
| Higher Precision in Volume Haptics through Subdivision of Proxy Movements | p. 694 |
| Multibody Dynamics Model of a Human Hand for Haptics Interaction | p. 700 |
| Benefits of Perceptually Transparent Vibration Rendering in Mobile Device | p. 706 |
| Haptic Rendering of Actuated Mechanisms by Active Admittance Control | p. 712 |
| Does Judgement of Haptic Virtual Texture Roughness Scale Monotonically with Lateral Force Modulation? | p. 718 |
| Electrotactile Stimulation Based on Strain Energy Density of the Fingertip | p. 724 |
| Simplified Hand Configuration for Object Manipulation | p. 730 |
| Haptically-Aided Extrusion for Object Edition in CAD | p. 736 |
| Multimodal and Telepresence | |
| Study on Computer Assistance for Telepresent Reaching Movements | p. 745 |
| Effects of Varied Human Movement Control on Task Performance and Feeling of Telepresence | p. 755 |
| Transparency Measurement of Telepresence Systems | p. 766 |
| Force Feedback Virtual Painting on Real Objects: A Paradigm of Augmented Reality Hapties | p. 776 |
| Gesture Recognition with Hidden Markov Models to Enable Multi-modal Haptic Feedback | p. 786 |
| A Study on the Role of Force Feedback for Teleoperation of Industrial Overhead Crane | p. 796 |
| Collaborative Identification of Haptic-Only Objects | p. 806 |
| Learning-Based Thermal Rendering in Telepresence | p. 820 |
| Spatiotemporal Visuotactile Interaction | p. 826 |
| Effects of Co-location and Crossmodal Interaction between Haptic, Auditory and Visual Cues in Presence | p. 832 |
| Motion Primitives of Dancing | p. 838 |
| Haptics Applications | |
| Improving Perception and Understanding of Nanoscale Phenomena Using Haptics and Visual Analogy | p. 847 |
| HAMLAT: A HAML-Based Authoring Tool for Haptic Application Development | p. 857 |
| FlyTact: A Tactile Display Improves a Helicopter Pilot's Landing Performance in Degraded Visual Environments | p. 867 |
| 6DOF Haptic Cooperative Virtual Prototyping over High Latency Networks | p. 876 |
| Haptic Interaction with Soft Tissues Based on State-Space Approximation | p. 886 |
| Bringing Haptics to Second Life for Visually Impaired People | p. 896 |
| A Haptic Interface for Automobile Gearshift Design and Benchmark | p. 906 |
| Developing the 'Ouch-o-Meter' to Teach Safe and Effective Use of Pressure for Palpation | p. 912 |
| A Virtual Reality Simulator Based on Haptic Hard Constraints | p. 918 |
| Telling Time by Vibration | p. 924 |
| Development of a Tool-Centered Collision Model for Volumetric Resection in ENT Surgery Simulation | p. 930 |
| ISO's Work on Guidance for Haptic and Tactile Interactions | p. 936 |
| Magnetorheological Brake for Haptic Rendering | p. 941 |
| Author Index | p. 947 |
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