Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

A survey of wearable devices and challenges

S Seneviratne, Y Hu, T Nguyen, G Lan… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As smartphone penetration saturates, we are witnessing a new trend in personal mobile
devices-wearable mobile devices or simply wearables as it is often called. Wearables come …

Tacttoo: A thin and feel-through tattoo for on-skin tactile output

A Withana, D Groeger, J Steimle - Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
This paper introduces Tacttoo, a feel-through interface for electro-tactile output on the user's
skin. Integrated in a temporary tattoo with a thin and conformal form factor, it can be applied …

Force jacket: Pneumatically-actuated jacket for embodied haptic experiences

A Delazio, K Nakagaki, RL Klatzky, SE Hudson… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Immersive experiences seek to engage the full sensory system in ways that words, pictures,
or touch alone cannot. With respect to the haptic system, however, physical feedback has …

Touching our breathing through shape-change: Monster, organic other, or twisted mirror

P Karpashevich, P Sanches, R Garrett, Y Luft… - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We report on a soma design process, where we designed a novel shape-changing garment—
the Soma Corset. The corset integrates sensing and actuation around the torso in tight …

HCI meets material science: A literature review of morphing materials for the design of shape-changing interfaces

IPS Qamar, R Groh, D Holman, A Roudaut - Proceedings of the 2018 …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
With the proliferation of flexible displays and the advances in smart materials, it is now
possible to create interactive devices that are not only flexible but can reconfigure into any …

Springlets: Expressive, flexible and silent on-skin tactile interfaces

NA Hamdan, A Wagner, S Voelker, J Steimle… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We introduce Springlets, expressive, non-vibrating mechanotactile interfaces on the skin.
Embedded with shape memory alloy springs, we implement Springlets as thin and flexible …

Multichannel haptic feedback unlocks prosthetic hand dexterity

MA Abd, J Ingicco, DT Hutchinson, E Tognoli… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Loss of tactile sensations is a major roadblock preventing upper limb-absent people from
multitasking or using the full dexterity of their prosthetic hands. With current myoelectric …

Thermalbracelet: Exploring thermal haptic feedback around the wrist

RL Peiris, YL Feng, L Chan… - Proceedings of the 2019 …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Smartwatches enable the wrist to be used as an ideal location to provide always-available
haptic notifications as they are constantly worn with direct contact with the skin. With the wrist …

ThermoCaress: A wearable haptic device with illusory moving thermal stimulation

Y Liu, S Nishikawa, YA Seong, R Niiyama… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We propose ThermoCaress, a haptic device to create a stroking sensation on the forearm
using pressure force and present thermal feedback simultaneously. In our method, based on …