NE4091 Haptic Technology Syllabus:

NE4091 Haptic Technology Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To provide an overview of Haptic technology
 To learn the concepts of Haptic rendering system.
 To analyze the effectiveness of multimedia haptic in real time applications.
 To enable the student to create applications in a collaborative environment.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Human Senses-Haptic Exploration-Concepts and Terminology-Roadmap to Multimedia Haptics – Haptic Multimedia Audio and Visual System-Haptic Evolution-Haptics for Medical Application-Tele Robotics and Tele operation-Media-Mobile Haptics-Virtual reality-Learning and Education-Haptic Security

UNIT II HUMAN HAPTIC PERCEPTION AND MACHINE HAPTICS

Touch and Cognition-Human Haptic System-Concept of Illusion-Human Perceptual parameters for Interface Development-Haptic Interfaces-HAVE Sensors- HAVE Actuators-Performance Specifications-State-of-Art Haptic interfaces

UNIT III COMPUTER HAPTICS

Haptic Rendering Subsystem-Polygon based Representation and Scene Graph-Collision Detection Techniques and Bounding Volumes-Penetration Depth and Collision Response-Haptic Rendering of Surface Properties-Haptic Rendering of other Representation methods- Haptic Rendering of more than 3-DOF-Control Methods for Haptic systems-Benchmarking Haptic Rendering systems Haptic Software Frameworks

UNIT IV MULTIMEDIA HAPTICS

Haptic as a new media-HAVE Content Creation- Content Representation-Haptic Media Transmission-Architecture for C-HAVE-Communication Framework for C-HAVE systems-Quality of Experience in Multimedia Haptics – Haptics Watermarking.

UNIT V TOUCHING THE FUTURE: CHALLENGES AND TRENDS

The Golden Age of Haptics-Human Haptics-Machine Haptics-Computer Haptics-Multimedia Haptics Haptic Technology In Surgical Simulation and Medical Training- Haptic Devices- Haptic Rendering- Applications of Haptic technology.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1: Demonstrate knowledge in human perception, Machine and Multimedia Haptics.
CO2: Create integrated and collaborative haptic systems
CO3: Identify and representation of Haptic Rendering subsystem
CO4: Analyze and characterize Multimedia Haptics
CO5: Learn the challenges, recent trends and applications of Haptic Technology

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

REFERENCES

1. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, Mauricio Orozco, Mohamad Eid, Jongeun Cha “Haptics Technologies: Bringing Touch to Multimedia” (Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems), 2013
2. http://haptic.mech.nwu.edu
3. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/haptic.html
4. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/2003/april2/haptics-42.html
5. http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/~bouzit/lrp/glove.html
6. http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/rd/vrml/haptics.html