EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS FOR ROBOTS WITH HUMAN-LIKE STRUCTURES AND INTERACTIVE HAPTIC SIMULATION

Abstract A new field of robotics is emerging. Robots are today moving towards applications beyond the structured environment of a manufacturing plant. They are making their way into the everyday world that peo-ple inhabit. The paper focuses on models, strategies, and algorithms associated with the autonomous behaviors needed for robots to work, assist, and cooperate with humans. In addition to the new capabili-ties they bring to the physical robot, these models and algorithms and more generally the body of developments in robotics is having a signif-icant impact on the virtual world. Haptic interaction with an accurate dynamic simulation provides unique insights into the real-world behav-iors of physical systems. The potential applications of this emerging technology include virtual prototyping, animation, surgery, robotics, cooperative design, and education among many others