16-880 Engineering Haptic Interfaces

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course focuses on addressing challenges in the field of haptics from an engineers perspective. We will begin by studying human haptic perception and an introduction into psychophysics. We will then study the design and control of haptic systems which provide touch feedback to a user. The class format will include lectures, discussion, paper presentations, laboratories and assignments using hardware that will be shipped to the students, and a class project. This class is designed to be a graduateadvanced undergraduate course and requires a background in dynamic systems, mechatronics, and basic programming. Mechanical prototyping, robotics, and feedback control knowledge are useful skills for this class but are not required.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Spring 2027

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