Human Performance in Six Degree of Freedom Input Control

Shumin Zhai, Ph.D.

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Formal Descriptions of Input Schemes in Experiments
A1.1 Isotonic Position Control
A1.2 Isotonic Rate Control
A1.3 Isometric Position Control
A1.4 Isometric Rate Control

Appendix 2 - Asymmetries, Priorities, and Controllability of Multiple Degrees of Freedom: A Dimensional Analysis of 6 DOF Tracking
A2.1 Introduction
A2.2 Method
     A2.2.1 Review of Experiment 3
     A2.2.2 The Decomposed Performance Measures
A2.3 Results and Discussions
     A2.3.1 Anisotropic Performance in Translation
     A2.3.2 Performance in Rotation
     A2.3.3 Controlling Both Translation and Rotation with One Hand
A2.4 Concluding Remarks

Appendix 3 - Detailed Statistical Results of the Experiments
A3.1 Experiment 1
A3.2 Experiment 2
A3.3 Experiment 3
A3.4 Experiment 4
A3.5 Experiment 5