Kinesthetic Metaphors for Precise Spatial Manipulation: A Study of Object Rotation Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractIn this article, we report on our investigation of kinesthetic feedback as a means to provide precision, accuracy, and mitigation of arm fatigue in spatial manipulation tasks. Most works on spatial manipulation discuss the use of haptics (kinesthetic/force and tactile) primarily as a means to offer physical realism in spatial user interfaces (SUIs). Our work offers a new perspective in terms of how force-feedback can promote precise manipulations in spatial interactions to aid manual labor, controllability, and precision. To demonstrate this, we develop, implement, and evaluate three new haptics-enabled interaction techniques (kinesthetic metaphors) for precise rotation of 3D objects. The quantitative and qualitative analyses of experiments reveal that the addition of force-feedback improves precision for each of the rotation techniques. Self-reported user feedback further exposes a novel aspect of kinesthetic manipulation in its ability to mitigate arm fatigue for close-range spatial manipulation tasks.

authors

• Krishnamurthy, Vinayak

published proceedings

• Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

author list (cited authors)

• Mohanty, R. R., & Krishnamurthy, V. R.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Mohanty, Ronak R||Krishnamurthy, Vinayak R

publication date

• April 2021

publisher

• ASME International  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering  Journal

keywords

• 46 Information And Computing Sciences
• 4608 Human-centred Computing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1115/1.4048618

volume

• 21

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4048618