Frequently Asked Questions

What is the HapticAnalysis Project?

The HapticAnalysis Project is a collection of tools for analysis and control of haptic devices and haptic teleoperators. The main subprojects are the "HapticAnalysis Toolbox" and the booklet "Introduction to Haptic Teleoperation".

How to install HapticAnalysis?

Before installing the HapticAnalysis Toolbox, first install GNU/Maxima, and optionally Python for a set of conversion scripts. The numerical analysis can be done in Maxima, but it is easier to use Mathworks Matlab, a commercial software package.

There are three main ways to do this:

1. via the Windows Installer .msi file,
   
2. using the Source distribution or
   
3. using Subversion to download the latest source.
   

When you have installed the source files, you have to update the GNU/Maxima search path, and the Matlab search path to include the folders where you have installed HapticAnalysis.

Then you should be set to start.

In Maxima, type load(haptics); to see if it works. In Matlab, type ExampleModel.m;

How to send improvement suggestions and report bugs?

Go to the Sourceforge project page. Go to the Bug-Tracker page, submit a new bug, and enclose the source code suggestion in the description, as text.