Sensable is the world leader in force-feedback haptics, with over 8,000 of its systems installed worldwide in diverse applications such as medical skills training, stroke rehabilitation, training for the visually impaired, 3D modeling and dental CAD/CAM. At MMVR Sensable is showcasing a wide range of haptics applications written using the OpenHaptics Toolkit with the QuickHaptics microAPI to control its industry-leading PHANTOM® haptic devices.  Sensable will also display a new modular PHANTOM Desktop configuration that separates the control board from the force-feedback arm, a form factor that offers more flexibility for system integrators and simulator designers.

Simulators from two partner developers will also be available on the exhibit floor. The BioRobotics Laboratory at Stanford University will be showing their tympanomastoidectomy simulator for ear-nose-throat surgeons, which incorporates actual patient-specific data from CT or MRI scans. The system is intended as a step towards surgical rehearsal, with which a surgeon can prepare for an upcoming case by practicing dissections on a virtual representation of the patient’s specific anatomy

In addition, UK Haptics will demonstrating its gynecological procedure simulator, created by UK Haptics under license to a major healthcare provider and the subject of a forthcoming British Medical Journal paper. The gynecological simulator provides OB-GYNs and maternal care clinicians with intensive practice on the exact "feeling" of over 12 realistic gynecological scenarios they are likely to encounter during a procedure with the healthcare provider's device. The simulator- offers limitless practice in a risk-free environment.