Abstract :
Welcome to Vancouver and the 2012 IEEE Haptic Symposium! Celebrating 20 years since its inception in 1992, the Haptics Symposium now features a longer format than in years past: a full day of tutorials and workshops, followed by three full days for the main conference in a single track. Among other benefits, this allowed us to increase the time available for posters and demonstrations, to nearly seven hours. This is the first year that the Haptics Symposium is being held as an independent, stand-alone conference, part of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society portfolio of conferences. The benefits of such a move to independence include greater autonomy and flexibility in selecting our timing, duration and program, setting, and, we believe, in providing a truly invigorating atmosphere for sharing the latest development in the field of haptics.
