Applying physical principles for reliable and precise human manipulation
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- When faced with complex design questions, it may seem natural to design complex devices. However, careful consideration of underlying physical principles can help lead to concise and simple solutions, which in turn can have higher impact. In this dissertation, we present two complimentary projects which illustrate this principle, focusing on human manipulation. The first project is the design, analysis, and utility evaluation of a two-finger force feedback haptic interface. It explores the utility of high-performance haptic feedback at the fingertips for interaction in teleoperated and virtual environments. The second project entailed the design and validation of a low-cost electricity-free device for automating the preparation of whole blood samples for pathology assessment. This device is a key part of our in-house low-cost pipeline for automatically diagnosing malaria, a preventable infectious disease that still kills hundreds of thousands of people per year.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Nowak, Jerome Benoit |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Cutkosky, Mark R |
| Degree supervisor | Prakash, Manu |
| Thesis advisor | Cutkosky, Mark R |
| Thesis advisor | Prakash, Manu |
| Thesis advisor | Salisbury, J. Kenneth |
| Degree committee member | Salisbury, J. Kenneth |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Engineering |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Jerome B. Nowak. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/qr270mt0142 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Jerome Benoit Nowak
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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