In many application domains data from different sources are increasingly available to
thoroughly monitor and describe a system or device. Especially within the industrial …

Humans leverage multiple sensor modalities when interacting with objects and discovering
their intrinsic properties. Using the visual modality alone is insufficient for deriving intuition …

Owing to the complexity and diversity of advanced high-performance materials, it is
challenging to comprehensively understand a material's composition–process–structure …

Machine learning and deep learning have been used extensively to classify physical
surfaces through images and time-series contact data. However, these methods rely on …

Cosmetics and topical medications, such as gels, foams, creams, and lotions, are
viscoelastic substances that are applied to the skin or mucous membranes. The human …

Haptic feedback has been integrated into Virtual and Augmented Reality, complementing
acoustic and visual information and contributing to an all-round immersive experience in …

In recent years, various haptic rendering methods have been proposed to help people
obtain interactive experiences with virtual textures through vibration feedback. However, due …

Humans learn about objects via interaction and using multiple perceptions, such as vision,
sound, and touch. While vision can provide information about an object's appearance, non …

The article focuses on surface material classification with unbalanced visual and haptic data,
which is important in teleoperation and robotic recognition. For this problem, existent …

Sliding a tool across a surface generates rich sensations that can be analyzed to recognize
what is being touched. However, the optimal configuration for capturing these signals is yet …