Book Organization

Book Title: HUMAN AND MACHINE HAPTICS
Publisher: MIT Press

Structure and Organization:

• Overview of the book - editors


• History of human and machine haptics - Sheridan


• Three major sections:
  1. Human haptics
  2. Machine haptics
  3. Human-Machine interactions
  
  Overviews for each of these three sections will be written by the editors with help from others. There will be approximately 10 chapters in each of the first two sections.
• Structure of each chapter:
  1. Introduction (terminology, background, etc.) ~ 2 pages
  2. Status of Research (significant results) ~ 5 pages
  3. Research Needs (unsolved problems and issues; challenges) (if relevant, point out possible beneficial interactions between human and machine haptics) ~ 2 pages
  4. References (pointers to literature for a deeper study) ~ 1 page
  Total length of each chapter: about 5000 words, equal to 10 book pages (6"x9"), including figures and references.
• The third section will have about 5 chapters and a subsection on applications of human-machine interactions (Virtual environments (VE), Teleoperation (TO), Rehabilitation). The chapters will have the same structure as given above. The subsection will have about 15 shorter articles (2 to 5 pages) on application areas.
• Structure of each article:
  1. Vision of what is to be achieved with juicy examples
  2. Background: critical review of previous attempts
  3. Current approaches and solutions
  4. Future as you see it
  5. References
  
• Total length of each article: about 1000 to 2500 words, equal to 2 to 5 book pages (6"x9"), including figures and references.
• Format for both chapters and articles: MS Word version 6.0 or higher preferred; 12pt Courier font and double line spacing preferred. Please avoid footnotes. (see the MIT press guidelines for contributors of edited volumes).