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CS 598 TH1 - Tactile Sensing and Haptics

Last offered Spring 2025

Official Description

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in computer science intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

Section Description

Touch is an important perception modality for both humans and robots. This course aims at providing an overview of the touch perception system for both robots and humans, and provide students with some hands-on experience with the popular touch sensors and devices. On the side of robot sensing, the course will cover the topics on the working principles and designs of robot touch sensors, signal processing algorithms for tactile sensing, and the application of tactile sensing in different robotic tasks; on the side of haptics, the course will introduce the neurological and cognitive study in human haptic system, and the designs and applications of haptic devices that provide a human-machine interface. The human-machine interface is a core part of Virtual Reality (VR) and teleoperation of robots when touch is involved. The course includes lectures, research paper presentation and discussion, two lab sessions, and course projects with tactile sensors or haptic devices.

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Schedule and Instructors

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Tactile Sensing and HapticsTH146413S1341100 - 1215 W F  0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci Wenzhen Yuan