Wearable haptic systems for the fingertip and the hand: taxonomy, review, and perspectives

C Pacchierotti, S Sinclair, M Solazzi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, we have witnessed a drastic change in the form factor of audio and vision
technologies, from heavy and grounded machines to lightweight devices that naturally fit our …

Review of advanced medical telerobots

S Mehrdad, F Liu, MT Pham, A Lelevé, SF Atashzar - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The advent of telerobotic systems has revolutionized various aspects of the industry and
human life. This technology is designed to augment human sensorimotor capabilities to …

Haptic feedback and force-based teleoperation in surgical robotics

RV Patel, SF Atashzar, M Tavakoli - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an overview of the current state of research and application of haptic
(primarily kinesthetic) feedback and force-based teleoperation in the context of surgical …

Multimodal haptic display for virtual reality: A survey

D Wang, K Ohnishi, W Xu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Human haptic perception system is complex, involving both cutaneous and kinesthetic
receptors. These receptors work together and enable human to perceive the external world …

Cutaneous haptic feedback to ensure the stability of robotic teleoperation systems

C Pacchierotti, L Meli, F Chinello… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Cutaneous haptic feedback can be used to enhance the performance of robotic
teleoperation systems while guaranteeing their safety. Delivering ungrounded cutaneous …

The hRing: A wearable haptic device to avoid occlusions in hand tracking

C Pacchierotti, G Salvietti, I Hussain… - 2016 IEEE haptics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The wearable electronics business has powered over
14billionin2014anditisestimatedtopowerover 70 billion by 2024. However, commercially …

Design and evaluation of a wearable skin stretch device for haptic guidance

F Chinello, C Pacchierotti, J Bimbo… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a wearable skin stretch device for the forearm. It is composed of four cylindrical
end effectors, evenly distributed around the user's forearm. They can generate independent …

Altering perceived softness of real rigid objects by restricting fingerpad deformation

Y Tao, SY Teng, P Lopes - The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We propose a haptic device that alters the perceived softness of real rigid objects without
requiring to instrument the objects. Instead, our haptic device works by restricting the user's …

Using pseudo-stiffness to enrich the haptic experience in virtual reality

Y Weiss, S Villa, A Schmidt, S Mayer… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Providing users with a haptic sensation of the hardness and softness of objects in virtual
reality is an open challenge. While physical props and haptic devices help, their haptic …

Integrating tactile feedback technologies into home-based telerehabilitation: opportunities and challenges in light of COVID-19 pandemic

S Handelzalts, G Ballardini, C Avraham… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for advancing the development and
implementation of novel means for home-based telerehabilitation in order to enable remote …