• DocumentCode
    1858604
  • Title

    A Virtual Reality Toolkit for Path Planning and Manipulation at Nano-scale

  • Author

    Varol, Aydin ; Gunev, Ihsan ; Basdogan, Cagatay

  • Author_Institution
    College of Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey email: avarol@ku.edu.tr
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    25-26 March 2006
  • Firstpage
    485
  • Lastpage
    489
  • Abstract
    A virtual reality (VR) toolkit that integrates the human operator into a virtual environment by means of visual and haptic feedback has been developed to design and test manipulation strategies at nano-scale. Currently, the toolkit is capable of modeling the mechanistic interactions between an AFM tip and spherical particles on a substrate surface and generating optimum manipulation paths using a potential field approach. In addition, haptic fixtures were designed to guide the user to follow the calculated paths.
  • Keywords
    Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Virtual Reality (VR); haptics; nano-manipulation; path planning; Atomic force microscopy; Design engineering; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Path planning; Probes; Surface topography; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Virtual Reality (VR); haptics; nano-manipulation; path planning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2006 14th Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0226-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HAPTIC.2006.1627131
  • Filename
    1627131