SynchronizAR: Instant Synchronization for Spontaneous and Spatial Collaborations in Augmented Reality

SynchronizAR: Instant Synchronization for Spontaneous and Spatial Collaborations in Augmented Reality

by | Oct 15, 2018 | 2018, Ana Villanueva, Karthik Ramani, Ke Huo, Luis Paredes, Recent Publications, Tianyi Wang, Yuanzhi Cao

We present SynchronizAR, an approach to spatially register multiple SLAM devices together without sharing maps or involving external tracking infrastructures. SynchronizAR employs a distance based indirect registration which resolves the transformations between the...
Integrating environmental sustainability in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses using guided discovery instruction

Integrating environmental sustainability in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses using guided discovery instruction

by | Oct 6, 2018 | 2018, DESIGN METHOD, Devarajan Ramanujan, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Publications

In this paper, we discuss a guided discovery instruction approach for integrating environmental sustainability in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses. To validate the proposed approach, we conducted two studies with students in a computer-aided design and...
MultiSoft: Soft Sensor Enabling Real-Time Multimodal Sensing with Contact Localization and Deformation Classification

MultiSoft: Soft Sensor Enabling Real-Time Multimodal Sensing with Contact Localization and Deformation Classification

by | Sep 30, 2018 | 2018, Embedded Input, Fabrication, Karthik Ramani, Ke Huo, Luis Paredes, Publications, Recent Publications, Sang Ho Yoon, TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED & EMBODIED INTERFACES, Tangibles

Abstract: We introduce MultiSoft, a multilayer soft sensor capable of sensing real-time contact localization, classification of deformation types, and estimation of deformation magnitudes. We propose a multimodal sensing pipeline that carries out both inverse problem...