Improvements to a Sailing VR Simulator Environment for Assessing and Improving Helm Performance (P149)

Virtual-Reality Simulator System for Double Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Using Fractional-Order Vascular Access Tracker and Haptic Force Producer

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1155/2015/697569 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Guan-Chun Chen ◽

Chia-Hung Lin ◽

Chien-Ming Li ◽

Kai-Sheng Hsieh ◽

Yi-Chun Du ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Virtual Reality ◽

Fractional Order ◽

Cardiac Catheterization ◽

Vascular Access ◽

Vessel Wall ◽

Virtual Reality Simulator ◽

Pigtail Catheter ◽

Frictional Feedback ◽

Vr Simulator

This study proposes virtual-reality (VR) simulator system for double interventional cardiac catheterization (ICC) using fractional-order vascular access tracker and haptic force producer. An endoscope or a catheter for diagnosis and surgery of cardiovascular disease has been commonly used in minimally invasive surgery. It needs specific skills and experiences for young surgeons or postgraduate year (PGY) students to operate a Berman catheter and a pigtail catheter in the inside of the human body and requires avoiding damaging vessels. To improve the training in inserting catheters, a double-catheter mechanism is designed for the ICC procedures. A fractional-order vascular access tracker is used to trace the senior surgeons’ consoled trajectories and transmit the frictional feedback and visual feedback during the insertion of catheters. Based on the clinical feeling through the aortic arch, vein into the ventricle, or tortuous blood vessels, haptic force producer is used to mock the elasticity of the vessel wall using voice coil motors (VCMs). The VR establishment with surgeons’ consoled vessel trajectories and hand feeling is achieved, and the experimental results show the effectiveness for the double ICC procedures.

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VR Simulator For Nano SMMS Teleoperation over the Delayed Networks

2006 SICE-ICASE International Joint Conference ◽

10.1109/sice.2006.314977 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chantanakajornfung Preeda ◽

Gil Hwang ◽

Hideki Hashimoto

Keyword(s):

Vr Simulator

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A VR Truck Docking Simulator Platform for Developing Personalized Driver Assistance

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11198911 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (19) ◽

pp. 8911

Author(s):

Pedro Ribeiro ◽

André Frank Krause ◽

Phillipp Meesters ◽

Karel Kural ◽

Jason van Kolfschoten ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Truck Drivers ◽

Driver Assistance ◽

Future Directions ◽

Driving Experience ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

Comprehensive Account ◽

Articulated Vehicles ◽

The Future ◽

Vr Simulator

Professional truck drivers frequently face the challenging task of manually backwards manoeuvring articulated vehicles towards the loading bay. Logistics companies experience costs due to damage caused by vehicles performing this manoeuvre. However, driver assistance aimed to support drivers in this special scenario has not yet been clearly established. Additionally, to optimally improve the driving experience and the performance of the assisted drivers, the driver assistance must be able to continuously adapt to the needs and preferences of each driver. This paper presents the VISTA-Sim, a platform that uses a virtual reality (VR) simulator to develop and evaluate personalized driver assistance. This paper provides a comprehensive account of the VISTA-Sim, describing its development and main functionalities. The paper reports the usage of VISTA-Sim through the scenario of parking a semi-trailer truck in a loading bay, demonstrating how to learn from driver behaviours. Promising preliminary results indicate that this platform provides means to automatically learn from a driver’s performance. The evolution of this platform can offer ideal conditions for the development of ADAS systems that can automatically and continuously learn from and adapt to an individual driver. Therefore, future ADAS systems can be better accepted and trusted by drivers. Finally, this paper discusses the future directions concerning the improvement of the platform.

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