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Contact Dynamics Emulation Using Leap Motion Controller

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Recent developments in Human-Computer Interaction technologies can be harnessed effectively to facilitate better cognitive learning and this is what this project aims to achieve in the field of Contact Dynamics. The project aims to enable a better comprehension of the concepts of Contact Dynamics to a layman through a technology that has been developed to foster interactive learning viz. the Leap Motion Controller. The project involves the usage of the Leap Motion Controller, a hand motion sensing device, to understand ‘Dynamics’ i.e., a branch of classical mechanics associated with the application of forces on bodies and the effect they have on their motion, along with the help of a conventional personal computer.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Birendra Singh for providing insight into the working of the Leap Motion device and for his invaluable contribution to the revision of this paper. The authors are also indebted to the faculty members of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Krishna Engineering College, for guiding the authors through various stages of the development of the project.

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    Akshat Bhardwaj, Akshay Grover & Mayank Singh

  2. Moradabad Institute of Technology, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Praveen Saini

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  1. Krishna Engineering College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Mayank Singh

  2. Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India

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  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Raghogarh, Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India

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  4. Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University, New Delhi, India

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  5. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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  6. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

    William Grosky

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Bhardwaj, A., Grover, A., Saini, P., Singh, M. (2017). Contact Dynamics Emulation Using Leap Motion Controller. In: Singh, M., Gupta, P., Tyagi, V., Sharma, A., Ören, T., Grosky, W. (eds) Advances in Computing and Data Sciences. ICACDS 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 721. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5427-3_28

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