Quanser and Handshake VR to provide single station development studio for haptic research & development

Feature-rich Quanser boards offer the rare ability to configure every I/O channel on the board directly from the Simulink interface creating a high level of control and flexibility. Such direct access to the actuators allows for the precise management of a wide variety of devices with analogue and digital sensors as well as quadrature encoders. While Quanser's HIL control boards are fully supported by The MathWorks xPC Target, LabVIEW RTX and RT-LAB, its SDK allows any development environment access to any Quanser board.

The easy-to-use Handshake proSENSE development tool enables developers to rapidly implement sense-of-touch applications, allowing experts and novices rapid access to haptic programming. Handshake proSENSE provides all the required haptic development features, including block sets for haptic devices, haptic effects and controllers.

"It is very exciting to be working with Quanser and their world-class control engineering capabilities", stated Handshake VR President and CEO, Dieter Hensler. "This is a great breakthrough for engineering labs interested in developing new and unique applications in robotics and haptics (sense-of-touch). The Haptic Developers' Studio will open up a whole new set of options for researchers."

The Haptic Developers' Studio is currently available from Quanser's global sales network. Pricing information can be obtained from Quanser and prices are differentiated by Q4 (four-channel) or Q8 (eight-channel) versions.

Founded in 1990, Quanser is an expert in education and research-based advanced systems for real-time control design and implementation. The company's product line includes state-of-the-art tools specifically designed for haptics, as well as a wide variety of academic and industrial applications. Quanser's flexible solutions can be found in more than 1000 institutions worldwide.

Established in 2001, in the heart of Canada's Technology Triangle, Handshake VR Inc. provides technology and software development tools to researchers and engineers allowing them to rapidly implement sense-of-touch and touch-over-network applications. Handshake is the developer of the proprietary time delay compensation technology (TiDeC), recognized by industry as the only commercially available technology that addresses fatal network latency. Handshake creates leading-edge solutions in the areas of medical training, telerehab, securing hazardous environments and on-line games.