For hand–object interaction in real situations the interplay between the local tactile
interaction and force interaction seems to be very important. In current haptic interfaces …

Haptic interfaces promise to add a new channel to digital communication, through the
exploitation of the sense of touch, beside the traditional sense of sight and of hearing …

The analysis of the behaviour of the human operator during the interaction with virtual
environments requires the availability of adequate interface systems. In particular, when the …

This study introduces a novel method of simulating touch with merely visual means.
Interactive animations are used to create an optical illusion that evokes haptic percepts like …

The present chapter describes the design and the realization of a haptic device dedicated to
research prototyping of inclusive haptic rendering in bare hand encounter-type interaction …

The sense of touch is one of the most powerful learning tools that humans have. Whenever
someone discovers something new, instinctively they want to hold it, poke at it, touch and …

The fingertips are one of the most important and sensitive parts of our body. They are the first
stimulated areas of the hand when we interact with our environment. Providing haptic …

Manipulation and grasping have key importance in most types of interactions between
humans and the world surrounding them [1, 2]. Even if almost all existing haptic interfaces …

This paper presents an experiment of two finger grasping. The task considered is the peg-in-
hole and the simulated force feedback is cutaneous or kinesthetic. The kinesthetic feedback …

Haptic interfaces allow natural physical interactions with virtual environments. By measuring
the user's movements and providing force feedback, they recreate a physical sense of …