Handshake VR proSENSE Virtual Touch Toolbox

© 2005 by EST · Last updated: 05.07.2005

Handshake proSENSE™ Virtual Touch Toolbox allows developers to rapidly implement sense-of-touch and touch-over-network protocol applications. Built on the rich and well established core of Mathwork’s MATLAB® and Simulink® development platform, proSENSE allows experts and novices rapid access to haptics, network and graphics programming.

Although easy to use, Handshake proSENSE™ still offers developers the flexibility to add custom code.

The toolbox allows users to implement and interface with Haptic devices, network protocols and pre-defined Haptic effects. Sense of touch-over-networks can be achieved using Time Delay compensation methods including the Handshake proprietary TiDeC™.





Features
  • Supports multiple SensAble PHANTOM® Haptic devices
  • Provides customizable Haptic building blocks in a MATLAB®/ Simulink® environment
  • Works seamlessly with Real-Time Workshop®
  • Comprehensive help system
  • Seamless integration with Virtual Reality Toolbox
  • Sample models to get started quickly
  • Supports integration of custom C/C++ code
  • Offers proprietary network latency compensation techniques - TiDeC™






Pulsing Heart Demo

proSENSE™ Advantage

  • Integrated sense-of-touch solutions
  • Rapid development drag-and-drop environment
  • Enables network interactivity
  • Powerful productivity tool, reduces development time
  • Force data collection and analyses



Force Data Analysis

Developers are now able to track both position and force data in real time. With the versatile features of the MATLAB® application environment, in-depth post analysis of data is possible.

Now, for the first time, comprehensive force data is available to researchers in rehabilitation, medical simulation development and training environments.




Sense-of-Touch Over Networks


By incorporating Handshake's proprietary time delay compensation technology TiDeC™, proSENSE™ allows users to test and tune a wide variety of network enabled applications.


proSENSE™ Network Features

  • capability to implement and test network latency and packet loss in a simulated environment
  • user selectable network protocols
  • provides a variety of network latency compensation techniques
  • allows for auto-synchronization of network systems

Integrated Help

Handshake proSENSE™ is fully integrated with the MATLAB® help browser and provides direct access to a comprehensive library of online help, including reference pages, manuals, search capabilities and demonstrations.


Technical Requirements

Haptic Devices

  • SensAble PHANTOM® Omni™ or
  • SensAble PHANTOM® Premium
  • SensAble OpenHaptics™ Toolkit v1.0 or later
  • SensAble PHANTOM® Device Driver v4.2.26 or later
Host System Hardware
  • PC with Intel Pentium® IV processor or higher
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or XP
  • 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN card
  • 30 MB disk space and 128 MB RAM
Target System Hardware
  • PC with Intel Pentium® III processor or higher
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or XP
  • 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN card
  • IEEE-1394 compliant Firewire® port
  • 30 MB disk space and 128 MB RAM
*NOTE: in order to create a telehaptic environment, an additional set of the above hardware is required.

Required Software Components
  • The MathWorks MATLAB® 7.0.1 (Release 14 with Service Pack 1)
  • The MathWorks Simulink® v6.1 (Release 14 with Service Pack 1)
  • The MathWorks Real-Time Workshop® v6.1 (Release 14 with Service Pack 1)
  • The MathWorks Virtual Reality Toolbox® v4.0.1 (Release 14 with Service Pack 1)
  • Microsoft® DirectX® v8.1 or later
  • Microsoft® Windows® Visual C++ 6.0 or later

Getting Started Guide (PDF)

proSENSE™ Product Data Sheet (PDF)

 
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