Proposal for a new publication Transactions of Haptics

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Proposal for a new publication Transactions of
Haptics

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
• Ad-Hoc Committee
• By William R Hamel
• Beijing 2006

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Background

• The word Haptics is used in two contexts
• The haptic perceptual system
• Gibson's Definition (1966) "The sensibility of
  the individual to the world adjacent to his body
  by use of his body"
• Technologies for haptic interactions
• Electromechanical methods for stimulating a
  persons sensors to give the perception of
  substance

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Haptic interfaces

• First take away the drum

• Then use haptic interfaces to provide the same
  feel of hitting a drum

• Perception is still that of hitting a drum.
  Sound, vision, smell etc can then be added.
• Also
• Drum can be positioned arbitrarily (upside down,
  intersecting, moving)
• Sound need not correspond with the feel, eg
  xylophone could be programmed to sound like
  bongos
• Remote robots could be added to do bilateral
  teleoperation of remote drums!

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Why the need for a new journal

• Field is seeing fast growth in interest
• Exponential growth in publications
• Steady growth in new products
• High interest in new areas including
• Games
• Automobile Driver controls
• Mobile computing
• Surgical simulation and robotics
• Assistive and rehabilitation robotics
• Prosthetics
• No single recognised publication forum

Novint Falcon proposed haptic interface for
gaming
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Exponential growth in publications

• Journals and conferences in IEEExplore with the
  word Haptic(s) in title

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Compendex and Inspec publications with the word
haptic(s) in the title

• Estimate is that about 33 of haptics papers will
  use the term haptics in title

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Objectives

• Provide a focus for publishing efforts for the
  haptic community
• Provide exemplar information on haptics by
  providing archival access to the premier research
  work
• Use the new RAS Technical Committee, and the
  associated conferences (World haptics, Haptics
  Symposium and Eurohaptics) to solicit high
  quality papers
• Provide a publication route for researchers
  unable to attend the premier haptic conferences.
• It is expected that the Transactions on
  Haptics will attract new members to IEEE and
  increase IEEE revenue through additional library
  subscriptions. It is important that non engineers
  are afforded access since the community includes
  researchers active in psychology and neuroscience

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Haptic domains for a publication

• Mechanical engineering and mechatronic design
• Novel devices, actuators and sensors
• Device design including kinematics and control
• Rendering algorithms
• Collision detection and response
• Physics
• Multi-modal interactions (linking with sound and
  visual cues)
• Applications
• Scientific visualisation
• Human machine interfacing
• Training and simulation
• Perception - Research on perceptions that
  might include mechanical or electrical
  stimulation
• perceptual research facilitated by a particular
  haptic device (e.g. perception of curvature )
• Neuroscience
• Techniques and instrumentation to measure the
  dynamics of neuro-muscular systems
• Telemanipulators and teleoperation
• Architecture that account for operator dynamics
• User effectiveness measures
• Control

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Pros

• Responding to a growing interest in haptics and
  haptic technology
• Resource for new industries and new researchers
• A high quality journal for researchers
• Attract new authors and papers
• Already has support from leading academics

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Cons

• May be seen as too technology oriented for some
  researchers in perception, psychophysics or
  neuro-science
• May draw papers from ACM Transactions Applied
  Perception, Haptics-E, as well as other IEEE
  journals

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Competitive Survey

• ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
• Haptics-E.org (open access peer reviewed journal
  edited by B. Hannaford)
• Other relevant publications
• IEEE T Circuits systems and video technology
• IEEE T Automatic Control
• IEEE T Biomedical engineering
• IEEE T Industrial Electronics
• IEEE T Neural Systems and Rehabilitation
  Engineering
• IEEE T Robotics
• IEEE T Systems Man and Cybernetics
• IEEE T on Visulization and Computer Graphics
• ERGONOMICS
• International J Human-Computer Interaction
  (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
• PERCEPTION (Pion Ltd)
• PRESENCE
• Perception and Psychophysics (Psychonomic
  society)
• Sensor Review
• Trans Virtual Reality and Society (JPN)
• Virtual Reality (Springer)

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Special issue journals in haptics

• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
• Haptic rendering - beyond visual computing
• Eds Ming Lin Salisbury, K.
• March-April 2004 (Volume 24, Issue 2)
• IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer
  Graphics (TUCK)
• Special Issue on Haptics, Virtual and Augmented
  Reality
• November/December Issue of 2005
• Eds Boarder, Lin and Tani
• Springer Virtual Reality Journal
• haptic interfaces and applications
• Eds Wall and Brewster
• Vol 9(2) 2006
• Sensor Review
• Volume 24 Issue 1 2004
• Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics
• Special issue on Haptics Interfaces,
  Applications, and Perception
• Eds Haeres Kawasaki, M. Esma Alhalabi
• Vol. 18, No. 4, August 2006
• Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

Spidar bimanual manipulation
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Action Items

• Survey IEEE-RAS and IEEE-CS Officers and TRA
  Editors
• Presentation to at IEEE RAS Adcomm at ICRA Rome
  2007
• Survey of interest via Haptics-L list.
• Thorough competitive and budget analysis
• Develop Campaign for attracting top papers
• Identify and invite Editor-in-chief
• Correspond with IEEE-CS Adcomm

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Final Goal The Transactions of Haptics

• A journal of high quality and academic rigor to
  publish
• Fundamental results
• Broad Applications
• In the emerging field of haptics

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More information, comments or questions to

• William Harwin ltW.S.Harwin_at_reading.ac.ukgt
• Or
• Hong Z Tan lthongtan_at_purdue.edu