Proceedings of the Third PHANToM User''s Group Workshop

Abstract

Endicott House in Dedham Massachusetts. Designed as a forum for sharing results and insights, the workshop was attended by more than 70 participants from 9 countries. In an expansion over previous years, this year's workshop was organized into a three day event. It began with a day of tutorials offered by staff members from SensAble Technologies. This was followed by a two-day symposium of presentations from the user community. Twenty-two diverse presentations were made on subjects including rendering techniques, user interface design, system building tools, applications, human psychophysical issues and more. These excellent talks and the usual liberal dose of discussion, debate, and hands-on demonstration provided for an enjoyable and productive exchange of information and sharing of excitement. Following the tradition begun last year, one presenter was selected to receive the best presentation award (and a coveted SensAble Technologies leather jacket). This year the award went to Markus von der Heyde of the University of Rochester for presentation of his PHANTOM-supported psychophysical studies. Runners up for the best presentation award were Rob Shaw of the Interval Corporation for his work on collision detection, Andy Mor from the Carnegie-Mellon University Robotics Institute for his presentation on a 5-degree-of-freedom