Haptics: The present and future of artificial touch sensation

H Culbertson, SB Schorr… - Annual review of control …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the technology behind creating artificial touch sensations and the
relevant aspects of human touch. We focus on the design and control of haptic devices and …

Haptic devices: Wearability-based taxonomy and literature review

A Adilkhanov, M Rubagotti, Z Kappassov - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, several new haptic devices have been developed, contributing to the
definition of more realistic virtual environments. An overview of this topic requires a …

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 …

Three-dimensional skin deformation as force substitution: Wearable device design and performance during haptic exploration of virtual environments

SB Schorr, AM Okamura - IEEE transactions on haptics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual reality systems would benefit from a compelling force sensory substitute when
workspace or stability limitations prevent the use of kinesthetic force feedback systems. We …

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 …

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 …

Sensory substitution and augmentation using 3-degree-of-freedom skin deformation feedback

ZF Quek, SB Schorr, I Nisky… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During tool-mediated interaction with everyday objects, we experience kinesthetic forces
and tactile sensations in the form of vibration and skin deformation at the fingerpad …