Sponsors

 

We gratefully acknowledge the sponsors of the following paper and demo awards, each of which comes with a $1000 honorarium.

Best Paper: Haptics Applications:	Immersion
Best Paper: Haptics Technology:	Force Dimension
Best Paper: Haptics Science:	Quanser
Best Student Paper:	Technical Committee on Haptics
Best Demonstration:	Moog

 
        
Here it is the list of the awarded papers and demos:

• Best Student Paper (sponsored by the TCH)
  In Lee, Inwook Hwang, Kyung Lyong Han, Oh Kyu Choi, Seungmoon Choi, and Jin S. Lee
  System Improvements in Mobile Haptic Interface
• Best Paper: Haptics Science (sponsored by Quanser)
  Thomas Ferris, Shameem Hameed, and Nadine Sarter
  Tactile Displays for Multitask Environments: The Role of Concurrent Task Processing Code
• Best Paper: Haptics Applications (sponsored by Immersion)
  Brian Gleeson, Scott Horschel, and Will Provancher
  Communication of Direction through Lateral Skin Stretch at the Fingertip
• Best Paper: Haptics Technology (sponsored by Force Dimension)
  Iason Vittorias, Julius Kammerl, Sandra Hirche, and Eckehard Steinbach
  Perceptual Coding of Haptic Data in Time-Delayed Teleoperation
• Best Demonstration (sponsored by Moog)
  William McMahan and Katherine Kuchenbecker
  Displaying Realistic Contact Accelerations Via a Dedicated Vibration Actuator

We also gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the banquet by Immersion.

 

	For the 2009 edition, the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society is the 100% financial sponsor of the conference.
	World Haptics is also co-sponsored by the Technical Committee on Haptics.