Touch is one most of the important aspects of human life. Nearly all interactions, when
broken down, involve touch in one form or another. Recent advances in technology …

The interactions with touchscreens rely heavily on vision: The virtual buttons and virtual
sliders on a touchscreen provide no mechanical sense of the object they seek to represent …

Virtual and augmented reality headsets are making significant progress in audio-visual
immersion and consumer adoption. However, their haptic immersion remains low, due in …

In the era of ubiquitous computing with flourished visual displays in our surroundings, the
application of haptic feedback technology still remains in its infancy. Bridging the gap …

This paper reports a soft fingertip-mountable tactile actuator based on a Dielectric Elastomer
Actuator (DEA), which exhibits high output force over a wide frequency range with a …

The emergence of vibrotactile feedback in hand wearables enables immersive virtual reality
(VR) experience with whole-hand haptic rendering. However, existing haptic rendering …

Tactile perception of softness serves a critical role in the survival, well-being, and social
interaction among various species, including humans. This perception informs activities from …

Wearable haptic technology plays a key role to enhance the feeling of immersion in virtual
reality, telepresence, telehealth and entertainment systems. This work presents a wearable …

Funneling illusion refers to a midway perceived illusory tactile sensation between multiple
distant stimulations. Since haptic illusion provides guidelines to simplify tactile interfaces …

Training sensory discrimination of the skin has the potential to reduce chronic pain due to
sensorimotor impairments and increase sensorimotor function. Currently, there is no such …