Stretchable e-skin and transformer enable high-resolution morphological reconstruction for soft robots

D Hu, F Giorgio-Serchi, S Zhang, Y Yang - nature machine intelligence, 2023 - nature.com
Many robotic tasks require knowledge of the exact 3D robot geometry. However, this
remains extremely challenging in soft robotics because of the infinite degrees of freedom of …

Non-rigid HCI: A review of deformable interfaces and input

A Boem, GM Troiano - Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Deformable interfaces are emerging in HCI and prototypes show potential for non-rigid
interactions. Previous reviews looked at deformation as a material property of shape …

[HTML][HTML] An EIT-based piezoresistive sensing skin with a lattice structure

M Jamshidi, CB Park, F Azhari - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Spatially distributed sensing has gained significant value in diverse domains, with
wearables as a notable application. In this work, a flexible skin-like sensor was developed …

Squeezy-feely: Investigating lateral thumb-index pinching as an input modality

M Schmitz, S Günther, D Schön, F Müller - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
From zooming on smartphones and mid-air gestures to deformable user interfaces, thumb-
index pinching grips are used in many interaction techniques. However, there is still a lack of …

[HTML][HTML] The design and fabrication of a wearable lattice-patterned 3d sensing skin

M Jamshidi, CB Park, F Azhari - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2024 - Elsevier
Skin-like sensors hold promise in enhancing spatial perception in wearables and robotics
applications. Key attributes sought in sensing skins include flexibility, high sensitivity and …

A Neural Network-based Low-cost Soft Sensor for Touch Recognition and Deformation Capture

Y Fan, N Pietroni, S Ferguson - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We propose a novel, cost-effective soft sensor capable of detecting contact force, multiple
touch points, and reflecting sensor interaction in real-time with a 3D virtual surface …

StretchAR: Exploiting touch and stretch as a method of interaction for smart glasses using wearable straps

L Paredes, A Ipsita, JC Mesa… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Over the past decade, augmented reality (AR) developers have explored a variety of
approaches to allow users to interact with the information displayed on smart glasses and …

uKnit: A Position-Aware Reconfigurable Machine-Knitted Wearable for Gestural Interaction and Passive Sensing using Electrical Impedance Tomography

TC Yu, R Arakawa, J McCann, M Goel - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
A scarf is inherently reconfigurable: wearers often use it as a neck wrap, a shawl, a
headband, a wristband, and more. We developed uKnit, a scarf-like soft sensor with scarf …

Fabrication of Nāmya: A Bend and Touch‐Sensitive Flexible Smartphone‐Sized Prototype

PP Borah, KB Sorathia - Human Behavior and Emerging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In human‐computer interaction research, prototypes allow for communicating design ideas
and conducting early user studies to understand user experience without developing the …

PneuModule: Using Inflatable Pin Arrays for Reconfigurable Physical Controls on Pressure-Sensitive Touch Surfaces

C Han, R Takahashi, Y Yahagi… - Proceedings of the 2020 …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
We present PneuModule, a tangible interface platform that enables users to reconfigure
physical controls on pressure-sensitive touch surfaces using pneumatically-actuated …