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New user interfaces could benefit from customized controllers, |
Producing customized controllers |
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but producing customized controllers is generally |
for new user interfaces |
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expensive and time-consuming or requires electronic and |
is generally |
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expensive and time-consuming and requires electronics and |
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machine shop skills |
machine shop skills |
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not usually found in computer science or psychology departments. |
not usually found in computer science or psychology departments. |
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Because of this, most user interfaces are still operated |
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with the mouse and keyboard, even if the interfaces |
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could benefit from customized controllers. |
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We show how novel controllers can be built easily |
We show how novel controllers can be built easily |
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with minimal mechanical and electronic skills, |
with minimal mechanical and electronic skills, |
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- steering wheels ($?, 1+1 (gas and break often same axis, different direction)) |
- steering wheels ($?, 1+1 (gas and break often same axis, different direction)) |
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- spaceball |
- spaceball |
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- dataglove |
- dataglove |
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- monkey bones |
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- Monkey 1 = humanoid limbs ($9000, N) |
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- "Monkey bones 2": ($22,000, N) |
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.. http://www.didi.com/www/areas/products/monkey2/MK11/index.html |
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Related work |
Related work |
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Graph: axes: price, DOF |
Graph: axes: price, DOF |
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- Monkey 1 = humanoid limbs |
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- "Monkey bones 2": would be great for us, but costs a lot |
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$22,000 for the flexible thing |
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http://www.didi.com/www/areas/products/monkey2/MK11/index.html |
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A ref |
A ref |
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www.awb.tu-berlin.de/Service/Mitarbeiter/goebel/ 2002-WWDU_Goebel_MedicalDevices.pdf - Similar pages |
www.awb.tu-berlin.de/Service/Mitarbeiter/goebel/ 2002-WWDU_Goebel_MedicalDevices.pdf - Similar pages |
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Connecting an optomechanical mouse to LEGO bricks |
Connecting an optomechanical mouse to LEGO bricks |
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By far the most difficult part of |
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An example custom controller for a particular user interface |
An example custom controller for a particular user interface |
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As an example of |
As an example of |
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This is work in progress, and we are already experimenting with |
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more advanced controllers for this application. |
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... will be reported later. |
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Another example: combining two degrees of freedom |
Another example: combining two degrees of freedom |
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