Multi-point Interaction in Robotics and Virtual Reality

Federico Barbagli
Assistant Professor, University of Siena
Research Associate, Stanford University

Domenico Prattichizzo
Associate Professor, University of Siena

Kenneth Salisbury
Professor, Stanford University

Speakers or Notable Participants

Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Scuola Superiore S. Anna
Federico Barbagli, University of Siena and Stanford University
Gabriel Baud Bovy, San Raffaele Milano
Antonio Bicchi, University of Pisa
Joel Burdick, Caltech
Antonio Frisoli, Scuola Superiore S.Anna
Vincent Hayward, McGill University
Doug James, Carnegie Mellon University
Makoto Kaneko, University of Hiroshima
Vijay Kumar, UPENN
Claudio Melchiorri, University of Bologna
Todd Murphey, Northwestern University
Gunter Niemeyer, Stanford University
Dinesh Pai, Rutgers University
Nancy Pollard, Carnegie Mellon University
Domenico Prattichizzo, University of Siena
Giuseppe Prisco, Intuitive Surgical Inc
Will Provancher, Stanford University
Allison Okamura, John Hopkins University
Kenneth Salisbury, Stanford University
Nilanjan Sarkar, Vanderbilt University
Stefano Stramigioli, University of Twente
Jeff Trinkle, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tsuneo Yoshikawa, Kyoto University

Abstract

The goal of the workshop is to bring together experts from various branches of the robotics, virtual-reality and human studies communities to address the study of physical interaction between hands (real, virtual, or remote) and objects. Multiple points of contact between the fingers (whether they be robotic, human, or virtual) and an object are typically required for perception, stable grasping and manipulation. The need to understand such multi-point interactions arises in many different fields of study including robotic grasping and manipulation, virtualized haptics and human psychophysics.

While the problem of robotic and virtual interaction with physical objects has been the subject of research for many years, the specific problems of modeling, analyzing, and utilizing multiple-point contact has yet to be addressed from a unified perspective. This workshop will provide a forum in which we will share our complementary perspectives on multi-point contact. It is our hope that the discussion of results and questions from our varied points of view will engender a more unified understanding of the field and facilitate productive cooperation.

Website
http://www.robotics.stanford.edu/mpi2004/

Registration

To attend this workshop, register for workshop T-WF-6 by advance registration deadline.

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