Data-Driven Haptic Rendering—From Viscous Fluids to Visco-Elastic Solids

Author

Hover, Raphael ; Kosa, Gabor ; Szekely, G. ; Harders, Matthias

Author_Institution

Comput. Vision Lab., ETH Zurich, Zurich

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

2009

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

27

Abstract

In this article we present extensions of our earlier work on data-driven haptic rendering. Haptic feedback is generated directly by interpolating measured data. The selection of appropriate data dimensions is guided by the structure of the generalized Maxwell model. Material elasticity and viscosity are reproduced, including transient material effects like stress relaxation. All these properties can be nonlinear and mutually dependent. Besides visco-elastic bodies, we also apply our method to viscous fluids. We present results for several materials and compare the errors of the interpolated forces with perceptual thresholds reported in the literature. Moreover, we examine how these errors behave if different subjects perform the recordings on which the data-driven haptic feedback is based.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; haptic interfaces; plastic flow; rendering (computer graphics); stress relaxation; viscoelasticity; Maxwell model; data-driven haptic rendering; haptic feedback; material elasticity; material viscosity; stress relaxation; transient material effect; visco-elastic solid; viscous fluid; Damping; Elasticity; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; Interpolation; Rendering (computer graphics); Solids; Stress; Virtual reality; Viscosity; Modeling and recovery of physical attributes; Modeling methodologies; Representations; and transforms; data structures;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Haptics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1939-1412

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TOH.2009.2

Filename

4752819