Six Degree-of-Freedom Haptic Rendering for Biomolecular Docking

摘要

Haptic device enable the user to manipulate the molecules and feel interactions during the docking process in virtual environment on the computer. Implementation of force-torque feedback allows the user to have more realistic experience during force simulation and find the optimum docking positions faster. In this paper, we propose a haptic rendering algorithm for biomolecular docking with force-torque feedback. It enables the user to experience six degree-of-freedom (DOF) haptic manipulation in molecular docking process. The linear smoothing method was proposed to improve stability of the haptic rendering during molecular docking. Collaborative docking with two devices was implemented.