The Sense of Touch and Its Rendering Book

Introduction Antonio Bicchi Bicchi, Antonio Martin Buss Buss, Martin Marc O. Ernst Ernst, Marc O. Angelika Peer Peer, Angelika 1

Pt. I Psychophysical and Neuropsychological Research

1 Functional Exploration Studies of Supramodal Organization in the Human Extrastriate Cortex Emiliano Ricciardi Ricciardi, Emiliano Daniela Bonino Bonino, Daniela Lorenzo Sani Sani, Lorenzo Pietro Pietrini Pietrini, Pietro 7

2 Brain Mechanisms of Haptic Perception R. Martyn Bracewell Bracewell, R. Martyn Andrew S. Wimperis Wimperis, Andrew S. Alan M. Wing Wing, Alan M. 25

3 The Role of Tactile Flow in Processing Dynamic Haptic Stimuli Enzo Pasquale Scilingo Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale Nicola Sgambelluri Sgambelluri, Nicola Antonio Bicchi Bicchi, Antonio 39

4 Human Haptic Perception and the Design of Haptic-Enhanced Virtual Environments Jean-Pierre Bresciani Bresciani, Jean-Pierre Knut Drewing Drewing, Knut Marc O. Ernst Ernst, Marc O. 61

Pt. II Technology and Applications

5 2-DOF fMRI-Compatible Haptic Interface for Bimanual Motor Tasks with Grip/Load Force Measurement Roger Gassert Gassert, Roger Dominique Chapuis Chapuis, Dominique Nick Roach Roach, Nick Alan Wing Wing, Alan Hannes Bleuler Bleuler, Hannes 109

6 Electro-Active Polymer Actuators for Tactile Displays Johann Citerin Citerin, Johann Abderrahmane Kheddar Kheddar, Abderrahmane 131

7 A Free-Hand Haptic Interface Based on Magnetorheological Fluids Nicola Sgambelluri Sgambelluri, Nicola Enzo P. Scilingo Scilingo, Enzo P. Rocco Rizzo Rizzo, Rocco Antonio Bicchi Bicchi, Antonio 155

8 Multi-modal VR Systems Michael Fritschi Fritschi, Michael Hasan Esen Esen, Hasan Martin Buss Buss, Martin Marc O. Ernst Ernst, Marc O. 179

9 Design of aMultilevel Haptic Display Abdelhamid Drif Drif, Abdelhamid Benjamin Le Mercier Le Mercier, Benjamin Abderrahmane Kheddar Kheddar, Abderrahmane 207

10 Design and Evaluation of Haptic Soft Tissue Interaction Matthias Harders Harders, Matthias Peter Leskovsky Leskovsky, Peter Theresa Cooke Cooke, Theresa Marc Ernst Ernst, Marc Gabor Szekely Szekely, Gabor 225

11 Bone Drilling Medical Training System Hasan Esen Esen, Hasan Ken'ichi Yano Yano, Ken'ichi Martin Buss Buss, Martin 245

Index 279

Author Index 281