Soft, wearable robotics and haptics: Technologies, trends, and emerging applications

M Zhu, S Biswas, SI Dinulescu, N Kastor… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in the rapidly growing field of soft robotics highlight the potential for
innovations in wearable soft robotics to meet challenges and opportunities affecting …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in the triboelectric human–machine interfaces (HMIs)-moving from smart gloves to AI/haptic enabled HMI in the 5G/IoT era

Z Sun, M Zhu, C Lee - Nanoenergy Advances, 2021 - mdpi.com
Entering the 5G and internet of things (IoT) era, human–machine interfaces (HMIs) capable
of providing humans with more intuitive interaction with the digitalized world have …

Interactive hand pose estimation using a stretch-sensing soft glove

O Glauser, S Wu, D Panozzo, O Hilliges… - ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We propose a stretch-sensing soft glove to interactively capture hand poses with high
accuracy and without requiring an external optical setup. We demonstrate how our device …

Wireality: Enabling complex tangible geometries in virtual reality with worn multi-string haptics

C Fang, Y Zhang, M Dworman, C Harrison - Proceedings of the 2020 …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Today's virtual reality (VR) systems allow users to explore immersive new worlds and
experiences through sight. Unfortunately, most VR systems lack haptic feedback, and even …

Haptic pivot: On-demand handhelds in vr

R Kovacs, E Ofek, M Gonzalez Franco, AF Siu… - Proceedings of the 33rd …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
We present PIVOT, a wrist-worn haptic device that renders virtual objects into the user's
hand on demand. Its simple design comprises a single actuated joint that pivots a haptic …

[HTML][HTML] Actuating compact wearable augmented reality devices by multifunctional artificial muscle

D Kim, B Kim, B Shin, D Shin, CK Lee, JS Chung… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
An artificial muscle actuator resolves practical engineering problems in compact wearable
devices, which are limited to conventional actuators such as electromagnetic actuators …

Haptic devices: Wearability-based taxonomy and literature review

A Adilkhanov, M Rubagotti, Z Kappassov - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, several new haptic devices have been developed, contributing to the
definition of more realistic virtual environments. An overview of this topic requires a …

TORC: A virtual reality controller for in-hand high-dexterity finger interaction

J Lee, M Sinclair, M Gonzalez-Franco, E Ofek… - Proceedings of the 2019 …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Recent hand-held controllers have explored a variety of haptic feedback sensations for
users in virtual reality by producing both kinesthetic and cutaneous feedback from virtual …

[HTML][HTML] Touch, texture and haptic feedback: a review on how we feel the world around us

AR See, JAG Choco, K Chandramohan - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Haptic fidelity framework: Defining the factors of realistic haptic feedback for virtual reality

T Muender, M Bonfert, AV Reinschluessel… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Providing haptic feedback in virtual reality to make the experience more realistic has
become a strong focus of research in recent years. The resulting haptic feedback systems …