Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Development of a Dual-Handed Haptic Assembly System: SHARP
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Virtual reality (VR) technology holds promise as a virtual prototyping (VP) tool for mechanical assembly; however, several developmental challenges still need to be addressed before VP applications ... -
Developing Engineering Products Using Inspiration From Nature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Nature can be a major source of inspiration for engineering designers. Biomimicry is often used in specific cases to develop solutions that mimic natural systems. However, knowledge of natural ... -
Integrating a Grasp Exoskeleton Into a String-Based Interface for Human-Scale Interactions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)A grasp exoskeleton actuated by a string-based platform is proposed to provide the force feedback for a user’s hand in human-scale virtual environments. The user of this interface accedes to ... -
Characterization of Tactors Used in Vibrotactile Displays
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)A series of experiments was conducted to evaluate the operating characteristics of small DC motors that are often in tactile displays. The results indicated that these motors are reliable in ... -
Description Logic Representation of Finite Element Analysis Models for Automated Retrieval
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Adaptive reuse of archived parametric finite element analysis (FEA) models involves integration of new information into archived models to model similar new problems. Retrieval of relevant archived ... -
Adaptive Slicing of Moving Least Squares Surfaces: Toward Direct Manufacturing of Point Set Surfaces
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Rapid advancement of 3D sensing techniques has led to dense and accurate point cloud of an object to be readily available. The growing use of such scanned point sets in product design, ... -
Development of a Wearable Exoskeleton Haptic Interface Device
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)We developed a wearable exoskeleton haptic interface to fit the human body. We generated a force constituting a contrasting moment by pulling a wire using a dc motor. We also developed a ... -
Interactive Haptic Refinement of a Five-Axis Finishing Cut
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper describes the design of a haptic system that allows the interactive modification of cutter orientation during five-axis finishing cuts with the aim of improving the surface finish ... -
A Methodology for Building Up an Infrastructure of Haptically Enhanced Computer-Aided Design Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper presents an infrastructure that integrates a haptic interface into a mainstream computer-aided design (CAD) system. A haptic interface, by providing force feedback in human-computer ... -
Registration Using Multiplanar Structures for Augmented Reality Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper illustrates a novel registration method for augmented reality systems based on multiplanar structures and natural feature tracking. Our method distinguishes itself from other methods ... -
Operational Space Calibration for Remote Welding Based on Surface Tracking With Shared Force Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper presents a novel operational space calibration approach for robotic remote welding based on surface tracking with shared force control. A human-machine shared force controller is ... -
An Experimental Study of Haptic Feedback in a Teleoperated Assembly Task
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Haptic feedback is known to improve teleoperation task performance for a number of tasks, and one important question is which haptic cues are the most important for each specific task. This ... -
The Role of Haptic Technology in the Development of Aesthetic Driven Products
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper presents a haptic system the authors have developed for shape exploration in the field of industrial design. The system consists of a novel haptic-based digital technology, allowing ... -
Analysis and Experiments of a Haptic Telemanipulation Environment for a Microrobot Driven by Centripetal Forces
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper presents the analytical and experimental results on a new haptic telemanipulation environment for microrobot control. The proposed environment is comprised of a 5DOF force feedback ... -
Special Issue on Haptics, Tactile, and Multimodal Interfaces
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Virtual Reality emerged as a new frontier of engineering during the 1990s. The development of the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) and large display systems changed the landscape of ... -
Multimodal Industrial Inspection and Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Diagnosis of complex engineering systems requires the use of multiple sensor sources to acquire information. In this paper we present a survey of multimodal data acquisition systems for ... -
Methods and Artifacts for Comparison of Scanning CMM Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) with continuous-contact scanning capabilities are experiencing more and more use in a wide variety of discrete-part manufacturing industries. Many users of these ... -
Measurement Techniques for the Inspection of Porosity Flaws on Machined Surfaces
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Continuous improvement of product quality is essential to the success of manufacturing enterprises. In-process inspection plays an important role in improving product quality control of mass ... -
Establishing Conformity to Tolerances by Coordinate Measuring Machines: A First Step for a Statistical Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Conformity to tolerances is currently assessed taking into account the maximum material condition. Coordinate measuring machines do not however operate accordingly, a small sample only of points ... -
Application of Regression Spline to Reverse Modeling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)When dealing with inspection or reverse modeling, the problem of free-form curves and surfaces reconstruction has to be faced starting from a set of measured points. Because in point sampling ...