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 …

Haptic human–machine interfaces (HHMIs) combine tactile sensation and haptic feedback
to allow humans to interact closely with machines and robots, providing immersive …

Novel haptics technologies are urgently needed to bridge the gap between entirely physical
world and fully digital environment to render a more realistic and immersive human …

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 …

People with blindness have limited access to the high-resolution graphical data and imagery
of science. Here, a lithophane codex is reported. Its pages display tactile and optical …

Within the new industrial era, the interaction between humans and virtual reality is spreading
across our lives. The development of exoskeleton designed to enhance the immersivity of …

Silicone elastomers have been shown to be well-suited for dielectric elastomer actuators
(DEA), mainly due to their unique combination of properties such as, high elasticity and …

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 …

Wearable implantable electronic devices (WIEDs) play an important role in data interaction
and information collection, which provides new ideas for the development of consumer …