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ABOUT THE GROUP
The work in the RLE Laboratory for Human and Machine Haptics (also known as the Touch Lab) is guided
by a broad vision of haptics which includes all aspects of information acquisition and object
manipulation through touch by humans, machines, of a combination of the two; and the
environments can be real or virtual. In order to make progress, we conduct research in multiple
disciplines such as skin biomechanics, tactile neuroscience, human haptic perception, robot
design and control, mathematical modeling and simulation, and software engineering for real-time
human-computer interactions. These scientific and technological research areas converge in the
context of specific application areas such as the development of virtual reality based simulators
for training surgeons, real-time haptic interactions between people across the Internet, and direct
control of machines from brain neural signals.
CURRENT PROGRESS REPORT CHAPTERS
2006 | No. 148
Human and Machine Haptics
2005 | No. 147
Human and Machine Haptics
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CURRENT RLE AT MIT NEWS ARTICLES
2003 February Issue 2
Mind and Hand in the Touch Lab: Haptics with Mandayam A. Srinivasan
CURRENT GROUP NEWS
10.28.2002
RLE team achieves the first trans-Atlantic touch with British colleagues
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