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 …

Humans can handle and manipulate objects with ease; however, human dexterity has yet to
be matched by artificial systems. Receptors in our fingers and hands provide essential tactile …

In this review, we discuss the current knowledge on the tribology of human skin and present
an analysis of the available experimental results for skin friction coefficients. Starting with an …

Dynamic optical coherence elastography is used to determine in vivo skin biomechanical
properties based on mechanical surface wave propagation. Quantitative Young's moduli are …

Wearability will significantly increase the use of haptics in everyday life, as has already
happened for audio and video technologies. The literature on wearable haptics is mainly …

This paper reviews the advances made in recent years on modeling approaches and
experimental techniques to characterize the mechanical properties of human skin. The skin …

In humans, the tactile perception of fine textures (spatial scale< 200 micrometers) is
mediated by skin vibrations generated as the finger scans the surface. To establish the …

Sensory systems are designed to extract behaviorally relevant information from the
environment. In seeking to understand a sensory system, it is important to understand the …

Many aspects of both grip function and tactile perception depend on complex frictional
interactions occurring in the contact zone of the finger pad, which is the subject of the current …

Through highly precise perceptual and sensorimotor activities, the human tactile system
continuously acquires information about the environment. Mechanical interactions between …