Engineering Haptic Devices : A Beginner's Guide for Engineers - Kern, Thorsten A.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
I Some Basics of Haptics -- Motivation and Application of Haptic Systems -- Terminology -- Biological Basics of Haptic Perception -- Modeling the User -- Internal Structure of Haptic Systems -- II Designing Haptic Systems -- Identification of Requirements -- Control of Haptic Systems -- Kinematic Design -- Actuator Design -- Force Sensor Design -- Application of Positioning Sensors -- Interface Selection -- Software Design -- Final Remarks on the Design of Haptic Systems -- III Appendix -- URLs -- Mechanical Impedances and Admittances for Translatory and Rotatory Systems -- Details about Gyrators and Transformers -- Impedance Values of Grasps.
Keywords: Biomedical engineering; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Signal processing; Image processing; Speech processing systems; Bioinformatics; Control engineering; Robotics; Mechatronics; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Bioinformatics; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics