Daniela Constantinescu Ph.D.

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• D. Constantinescu, S.E. Salcudean, and E.A. Croft. "Haptic Rendering of Rigid Contacts using Impulsive and Penalty Forces". IEEE Transactions on Robotics,  21(3), pp. 309-323, 2005.

• D. Constantinescu, and E.A. Croft. “Smooth and Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning for Industrial Manipulators along Specified Paths”. Journal of Robotic Systems,  17(5), pp. 233-249, 2000.

• D. Constantinescu, S.E. Salcudean, and E.A. Croft. "Local Models of Interaction for Realistic Manipulation of Rigid Virtual Worlds". In press at the International Journal of Robotics Research,  June 2005.

• D. Constantinescu, S.E. Salcudean, and E.A. Croft. "Haptic Manipulation of Serial-Chain Virtual Mechanisms". In review at the ASME Transactions, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control,  February 2005.

• D. Constantinescu, S.E. Salcudean, and E.A. Croft. "Haptic Rendering of Topological Constraints to Users Manipulating Serial Virtual Linkages". Accepted at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

• D. Constantinescu, S.E. Salcudean, and E.A. Croft. “Impulsive Forces for Haptic Rendering of Rigid Contacts”. Proceedings of the 35^th International Symposium on Robotics, pp. 1-6, Paris, France, 2004.

• D. Constantinescu, Salcudean, S.E., and E.A. Croft. “Haptic Rendering of Rigid Body Collisions”. Proceedings of the 12^th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, pp. 1-6, Chicago IL, 2004. Best Paper Award.

• D. Constantinescu, Salcudean, S.E., and E.A. Croft. “Haptic Feedback using Local Models of Interaction”. Proceedings of the 11^th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, pp. 416-421, Los Angeles CA, 2003.

• D. Constantinescu, Salcudean, S.E., and E.A. Croft. “Local Interaction Models for Haptic Rendering of Rigid Environments”. Proceedings of the 2^nd IFAC Conference on Mechatronic Systems, pp. 553-558, Berkeley CA, 2002.

• D. Constantinescu, I. Chau, L. Filipozzi, S.P. DiMaio, S.E. Salcudean. “Haptic Rendering of Planar Rigid-Body Motion using a Redundant Parallel Mechanism”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2440-2445, San Francisco CA, 2000.

• D. Constantinescu and E.A. Croft. "Smooth and Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning for Industrial Manipulators along Specified paths". Proceedings of the AMSE Dynamic Systems and Control Division, DSC-67, pp. 469-476, Nashville TE, 1999.

• D. Constantinescu, S.E. Salcudean, and E.A. Croft. “Haptic Feedback using Local Models of Interaction”, IRIS/PRECARN Conference, Halifax, 2003.

• D. Constantinescu, S.E. Salcudean, and E.A. Croft. “Local Models of Interaction for Multi Rigid Body Virtual Worlds”, IRIS/PRECARN Conference, Montreal, 2001.

• S.E. Salcudean, S.P. DiMaio, M.R. Sirouspour, L. Filipozzi, D. Constantinescu, P. Abolmaesumi, I. Chau, D. Jones, F. Ghassemi, S. Bachmann, L. Stocco. “Virtual Contact Environment Rendering by Means of a Planar Twin Pantograph Haptic Interfaces”. Best Technology Demonstration Award, IRIS/PRECARN Conference, Toronto, 1999.