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Application: A Dental Simulator

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In this chapter, we introduce a haptics-enabled dental simulator, iDental, as an application of the configuration-based optimization approach. Valuable lessons have been identified from the user evaluation results.

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Wang, D., Xiao, J., Zhang, Y. (2014). Application: A Dental Simulator. In: Haptic Rendering for Simulation of Fine Manipulation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44949-3_6

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