From spie@animal.cc.wwu.eduThu Oct 20 14:05:21 1994 Date: 29 Aug 94 23:05:52 GMT From: SPIE Staff Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies Conference on: Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies --------------------------------------------- at SPIE's International Symposium on Photonics for Industrial Applications, part of Photonics East ------------------------------------- -------------- 31 October-4 November 1994 Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts USA ============================================================ -------- Contents -------- 1.0 Conference on Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies 2.0 How to Receive More Information -------------------------------------------------- 1.0 Conference: Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies -------------------------------------------------- Technical Conference 2351 Monday-Tuesday 31 October-1 November 1994 Conference Chair: Hari Das, Jet Propulsion Lab. Program Committee: Bernard D. Adelstein, NASA Ames Research Ctr.; Robert J. Anderson, Sandia National Labs.; Thomas P. Caudell, Univ. of New Mexico; Janez Funda, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Blake Hannaford, Univ. of Washington; Won S. Kim, Jet Propulsion Lab.; James M. Manyika, Oxford Univ. (UK); Thomas B. Sheridan, MIT Human-Machine Systems Lab. Cooperating Organization: IEEE NCC-Virtual Reality Technical Committee Monday 31 October SESSION 1 Mon. 8:15 am to 12:10 pm Components, Systems, Applications, Human Operator Performance Chairs: Hari Das, Jet Propulsion Lab.; Bernard D. Adelstein, NASA Ames Research Ctr. Telecommands for semiautonomous operations, J. Nygards, T. Hogstrom, Linkoping Univ. (Sweden); M. Blomquist, Lulea Univ. of Technology (Sweden); A. V. Wernersson, Linkoping Univ. and Lulea Univ. of Technology (Sweden) [2351- 01] Sign language for telemanipulation, P. K. Pook, D. H. Ballard, Univ. of Rochester [2351- 02] New semiautomatic robot system for installing aerial telecommunication cable, H. Nakanishi, M. Shiragata, NTT Telecommunication Field Systems R&D Ctr. (Japan) [2351- 03] Virtual collaborative environments: programming and controlling robotic devices remotely, B. R. Davies, M. J. McDonald, R. W. Harrigan, Sandia National Labs. [2351- 04] Design of high-fidelity haptic display for one-dimensional force reflection applications, L. B. Rosenberg, Immersion Corp.; B. Gillespie, Stanford Univ. [2351- 05] Hard-disk actuators for mini-teleoperation, P. Buttolo, D.-Y. Hwang, P.-H. Marbot, B. Hannaford, Univ. of Washington [2351- 06] Experimental investigation of the relationship between subjective telepresence and performance in hand-eye tasks, D. W. Schloerb, T. B. Sheridan, MIT Human-Machine Systems Lab. [2351- 07] Experimental study of haptic cues in manipulation, P. Millman, J. E. Colgate, Northwestern Univ. [2351- 08] Comparative study of four work techniques using teleoperation for the live line maintenance of the electric distribution network, J. Lessard, P. Rondot, Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Quebec (Canada); J.-M. Robert, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada) [2351- 09] Virtual haptic overlays enhance human performance in telepresence tasks, L. B. Rosenberg, Immersion Corp. [2351-10] Flexible operator aids for telemanipulation, M. J. Massimino, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace [2351-11] Lunch Break SESSION 2 Mon. 1:30 to 4:15 pm Medical Applications Chairs: Janez Funda, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. Telemanipulation, telepresence, and virtual reality for surgery in the year 2000, R. M. Satava, U.S. Army Medical Corps/ARPA [2351-15] Use of force information in controlling a surgical robot, J. Funda, R. H. Taylor, B. N. Eldridge, S. Gomory, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; K. Gruben, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine [2351-16] Ophthalmic microsurgical robot and surgical simulator, I. W. Hunter, L. Jones, S. Lafontaine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; P. J. Hunter, M. Sagar, Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand) [2351-17] Development of a master-slave manipulator for dexterity-enhanced microsurgery, P. S. Schenker, H. Das, T. Ohm, Jet Propulsion Lab.; S. T. Charles, MicroDexterity Systems, Inc. [2351-18] Teleneurosurgery: an approach to enhance the dexterity of neurosurgeons, K. B. Shimoga, B. Bankler, P. K. Khosla, Carnegie Mellon Univ.; R. J. Sclabassi, Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Ctr. [2351-19] Hybrid reality: surgical telepresence through real-time data fusion, A. M. DiGioia III, Shadyside Medical Ctr.; T. Kanade, Carnegie Mellon Univ.; R. V. O'Toole III, Shadyside Medical Ctr.; M. K. Blackwell, Carnegie Mellon Univ. [2351-20] Voice-activated manipulator for the physically disabled, A. Saad, M. Iskarous, K. Kawamura, Vanderbilt Univ. [2351-21] Tuesday 1 November SESSION 3 Tues. 8:30 am to 12:10 pm Control and Sensory Feedback Systems Chairs: Robert J. Anderson, Sandia National Labs.; Pietro Buttolo, Univ. of Washington Force control in telerobotics, R. Bicker, K. Burn, D. J. Glennie, S. M. Ow, Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) [2351-23] Hybrid position/force and positional accuracy controller for a hydraulic manipulator, S. G. Unruh, T. N. Faddis, B. R. Greenway, W. Hibbard, Univ. of Kansas [2351-24] Dual hybrid position-force concept for teleoperation, Y. Briere, Y. Plihon, C. Reboulet, CERT/DERA (France) [2351-25] Scaled bilateral telemanipulation with tactile feedback: an experimental investigation, P. N. Akella, MITI (Japan); H. Tokashiki, Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan); K. Tanie, MITI (Japan) [2351-26] Single-camera 3D TV system, A. M. Ariyaeeinia, Univ. of Hertfordshire (UK) [2351-28] Telerobot control using enhanced stereo viewing, D. J. Wenzel, S. B. Seida, V. R. Sturdivant, Southwest Research Institute [2351- 29] Static display of shape, D. A. Kontarinis, R. D. Howe, Harvard Univ. [2351-30] Feature extraction in bilateral telemanipulator controllers, K. W. Grace, J. E. Colgate, Northwestern Univ. [2351-31] Virtual reality: an intuitive approach to robotics, E. Natonek, L. Flueckiger, C. Baur, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) [2351-32] Microstep controller and driver for robot manipulator, W. Gao, Hangzhou Institute of Applied Engineering & Technology (China) [2351-27] Lunch/Exhibit Break SESSION 4 Tues. 1:30 to 5:10 pm Augmented/Virtual Reality Chair: Thomas P. Caudell, Univ. of New Mexico Introduction to augmented and virtual reality, T. P. Caudell, Univ. of New Mexico [2351-33] Taxonomy for mixed reality visual displays, P. Milgram, H. Takemura, A. Utsumi, F. Kishino, ATR Communication Systems Research Labs. (Japan) [2351-34] Comparison of optical and video see-through head-mounted displays, J. P. Rolland, R. L. Holloway, H. Fuchs, Univ. of North Carolina/Chapel Hill [2351-35] Videometric head tracker for augmented reality applications, K. Zikan, H. A. Sowizral, A. Janin, D. Mizell, Boeing Computer Services [2351-36] Fusion of absolute and incremental position sensors, K. Zikan, H. A. Sowizral, Boeing Computer Services [2351-37] Predictive position and orientation filtering, H. A. Sowizral, W. D. Curtis, K. Zikan, Boeing Computer Services [2351-38] Investigation of errors in perception of virtual object locations in real display space, A. Utsumi, P. Milgram, H. Takemura, F. Kishino, ATR Communication Systems Research Labs. (Japan) [2351-39] Augmented reality system issues for industrial assembly, S. A. Nelson, M. A. Helgeson, Honeywell Technology Ctr. [2351- 40] Augmented vision system for industrial applications, K. Ahlers, D. E. Breen, C. Crampton, E. Rose, M. Tuceryan, R. T. Whitaker, D. Greer, European Computer Industry Research Ctr. (FRG) [2351- 41] Augmented reality telemanipulation system for nuclear reactor inspection, N. R. Corby, Jr., C. A. Nafis, GE Corporate Research and Development Ctr. [2351- 42] Virtual window telepresence system for telerobotic inspection, G. K. Tharp, S. Hayati, Jet Propulsion Lab.; L. Phan, SoHaR Inc. [2351- 43] Wednesday 2 November * Poster Presentations Posters will be displayed from 5:00 to 6:30 pm in Ballroom B of the Hynes Convention Center. See page 43 for related information. * Intelligent, interactive, and integrated graphical user interface for mining teleoperation, R. N. Kazman, A. J. Park, Univ. of Waterloo (Canada) [2351-12] * State of the art in nuclear telerobotics: focus on the man/machine connection, A. E. R. Greaves, Acuity/Automatix Inc. [2351-13] * Telepresence application for real task efficiency improvement in a wide and hostile environment, A. Meregalli, CESI (Italy); A. Brizzi, ENEL Spa - DSR (Italy); G. Perucelli, Milan Polytechnic (Italy) [2351-14] * Audio signal generator, D. W. Johnson, New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Ctr. [2351-22] ------------------------------------ 2.0 How to Receive More Information ------------------------------------ The complete text of the printed program for _Photonics for Industrial Applications_ is available via anonymous FTP at: spie.org meetings/programs/ pe94_automated_inspection.txt pe94_industrial_photonics.txt pe94_robot_comp_vision.txt pe94_courses.txt pe94_general.txt pe94_tutorials.txt It is also available through SPIE's automated e-mail server: Send an e-mail message to, info-optolink-request@spie.org with the following text in the message body: send [optolink.meetings.programs]FILENAME.txt To request a printed program via e-mail contact: spie@spie.org For information regarding this meeting or other SPIE symposia or publications, contact SPIE at: SPIE International Headquarters P.O. 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