DeMaMech: EU-Japan Collaboration in Higher Education Student Exchange Program

 

Offer of Research Topic

 

Offer from

University

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Faculty/Department/Institute

Faculty of Engineering Science

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Group Name

Production engineering, Machine design and Automation (PMA)

Research Theme

A virtual environment for exploration and task execution with a Phantom haptic interface

Brief Explanation

This project is about building a virtual environment which can be explored with a haptic interface. In this virtual environment one should be able to execute different tasks including making contact with an object, moving along an object while keeping a certain contact force,. . This will be implemented using a 6DOF haptic interface.

Research Steps

 

Period

5 months

Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills

Knowledge of programming language C++

Further Information

http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma

Contact Person

Prof. Dr. ir. Hendrik Van Brussel (hendrik.vanbrussel@mech.kuleuven.ac.be