Design and implementation of cable-suspended haptic interfaces

Research Sponsors

Research Projects

Osteopathic Heritage Foundation-sponsored Virtual Haptic Back Project
NIST-sponsored 7-cable robot with 6-cable independent Cartesian Metrology
Cable-suspended robots for search & rescue and automated construction
RoboCup Multidisciplinary Design
Aeromobile Multidisciplinary Design
Autonomous Robotics Concrete Paving System
Humanoid Robot Design and Simulation
Ohio University Avionics-funded mobile robot development NASA-sponsored Haptics-augmented K-12 Science Education: One-pager; Project Homepage
NSF-sponsored Haptics-augmented Undergraduate Engineering Education: Project Homepage
Design and implementation of cable-suspended haptic interfaces; 3D; Hardware; and robots
Teleoperation of remote manipulators with force-reflection: One-pager
Design and control of parallel manipulators and platform manipulators; Modified Paradex
Simulation of human body crash dynamics for improved safety: One-pager
Autonomous loading robot for semi-trailer cargo: One-pager
GPS/IMU Calibration Platform: One-pager
Haptic interface applications in virtual reality
Obstacle-free control of hyper-redundant serpentine manipulators
Kinematically-redundant manipulator control and singularity-free wrist control: One-pager
Variable geometry trusses and active scaffoldings

Sabbatical 2002-2003

NIST Intelligent Systems Division, Dr. James Albus; Novel cable-suspended robots and metrology systems

Summer Research Positions

· NASA