A survey on haptics: Communication, sensing and feedback

M Emami, A Bayat, R Tafazolli… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Haptic communications represent a vast area of research focused on integrating the sense
of touch into digital sensory experiences. Achieving effective haptic communication requires …

Electrotactile perception properties and its applications: A review

Z Zhou, Y Yang, J Liu, J Zeng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increased demands of human-machine interaction, haptic feedback is becoming
increasingly critical. However, the high cost, large size and low efficiency of current haptic …

Full-hand electro-tactile feedback without obstructing palmar side of hand

Y Tanaka, A Shen, A Kong, P Lopes - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We present a technique to render tactile feedback to the palmar side of the hand while
keeping it unobstructed and, thus, preserving manual dexterity during interactions with …

Controlling sensation intensity for electrotactile stimulation in human-machine interfaces

A Akhtar, J Sombeck, B Boyce, T Bretl - Science robotics, 2018 - science.org
A barrier to practical use of electrotactile stimulation for haptic feedback has been large
variability in perceived sensation intensity because of changes in the impedance of the …

Localized tactile feedback on a transparent surface through time-reversal wave focusing

C Hudin, J Lozada, V Hayward - IEEE transactions on haptics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the problem of producing independent tactile stimuli to multiple
fingers exploring a transparent solid surface without the need to track their positions. To this …

Virtual texture generated using elastomeric conductive block copolymer in a wireless multimodal haptic glove

CV Keef, LV Kayser, S Tronboll… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Haptic devices are in general more adept at mimicking the bulk properties of materials than
they are at mimicking the surface properties. Herein, a haptic glove is described which is …

Developing non-somatotopic phantom finger sensation to comparable levels of somatotopic sensation through user training with electrotactile stimulation

G Chai, D Zhang, X Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cutaneous electrical stimulation can provide tactile feedback for upper-limb amputees
through somatotopic feedback (SF) or non-somatotopic feedback (NF). The SF delivers …

Effect of scanning speed on texture-elicited vibrations

CM Greenspon, KR McLellan… - Journal of The …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
To sense the texture of a surface, we run our fingers across it, which leads to the elicitation of
skin vibrations that depend both on the surface and on exploratory parameters, particularly …

Somatotopical feedback versus non-somatotopical feedback for phantom digit sensation on amputees using electrotactile stimulation

D Zhang, H Xu, PB Shull, J Liu, X Zhu - Journal of neuroengineering and …, 2015 - Springer
Background Transcutaneous electrical stimulation can provide amputees with tactile
feedback for better manipulating an advanced prosthesis. In general, there are two ways to …

Sparkle: Hover feedback with touchable electric arcs

D Spelmezan, DR Sahoo, S Subramanian - Proceedings of the 2017 …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Many finger sensing input devices now support proximity input, enabling users to perform in-
air gestures. While near-surface interactions increase the input vocabulary, they lack tactile …