Subject: Haptics-e Survey Results

Now that some other deadlines have cleared, I'm back to "Haptics-e".
Here are the results of the survey.

First, we need to define the journal - what topics will we seek to
publish?

I asked people to list topics to be included, and also, in order to
sharpen the focus, topics to be excluded. In compiling the lists below,
I have lumped some topics together.

The topics receiving more than 1 vote were:

IN                            			 votes

Electromechanical Design, incl: 
  mechatronics, mechanics, devices
				 		 14

Psychophysics, incl: human factors
  sensory/motor interaction,
  neurophysiology, biological,
  psychology			 		 13

Software, incl: haptic rendering,
  textures, haptic visualization  		 10

End User Applications             		  6

Simulation of Mechanical Sys.,
  incl: real-time dynamics        		  5

Integration with other senses     		  4
Control                            		  3
Safety                            		  3
Graphics / Remote operation       		  2

OUT                           			 votes

VR without haptics                		  6
Robotics or Control w/o Human    		  5
Commercials                      		  2
Non-Experimental work            		  2
Telerobotics w/o haptics         		  2

(For the complete list, and earlier emails, please see:
  http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/CR/Haptics-e/)

I also asked for general feedback on issues and concerns.  Although
fewer people responded, the replies were extremely thoughtful and
important.  All of these issues were raised by one person except the
issue of Professional Society Affiliation which was raised by three
people.

Issues and Concerns

Prof. Society Affiliation                	3 votes
Biologists: careful to include more
Breadth: Keep open to wide range of fields
Careful Archiving
Link to Haptics Community WWW page
Manipulation = Touch ??
PRESENCE: relationship to
Publish a paper version financed by advertising
Review Time too short
Standards: work towards

Finally, people generally liked "Haptics-e" as a name but offered the
following excellent elaborations or different names:

Suggestions for Names

Electronic Journal of Haptics (EJH)
Etouch
Hands-On Haptics Research
Hapteshai
Haptics-E The electronic Journal of Manipulation
	with Tactile and Kinesthetic Feedback
Haptics-E The electronic Journal of Virtual
	"Environment" and Remote Manipulation
Haptics E-Journal
Haptics Net Journal
J-Haptic - The Journal of Haptics for Research and
	Business
Virtual Touch
Vtouch

I'll be back in another email with my own thoughts on the
issues and more...

Regards,

Blake


Sent on July 17, 1997 to


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