HAPTIC EXPERIMENT FOR MECHANICAL MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION

Experimental laboratories are important educational and training resources. They offer hands-on activity which helps to grasp concepts and compensates from volatile and abstract forms of knowledge. On-line laboratories have been developed during the last decade all over the world for supporting e-learning on the experimental field. Experiments have been either based on computer simulations of real experiments, or developed using software and hardware for user remote access to real experimental set-ups. This work describes how to couple together haptic devices for remote interaction on an experimental set-up dedicated to test material mechanical characteristics. Copyright Controlo’ 2008