Rendering surface materials to provide realistic tactile sensations is a key focus in haptic interaction research. However, generating texture maps and designing corresponding haptic feedback often requires expert knowledge and significant effort. To...
The ubiquity of multimodal smart devices affords new opportunities for eyes-free applications for conveying graphical information to both sighted and visually impaired users. Using previously established haptic design guidelines for generic rendering...
Tactile maps designed for individuals with blindness can greatly improve their mobility, safety and access to new locations. While 3D-printed maps have already been demonstrated to be a powerful tool for delivering spatial information, they might not...
We present and evaluate the concept of FeelMusic and evaluate an implementation of it. It is an augmentation of music through the haptic translation of core musical elements. Music and touch are intrinsic modes of affective communication that are phy...
Tactile maps are widely recognized as useful tools for mobility training and the rehabilitation of visually impaired individuals. However, current tactile maps lack real-time versatility and are limited because of high manufacturing and design costs....
There are still relatively few applications that serve the function of a traditional tactile map, allowing visually impaired individuals to explore a digital map by sliding their fingers across it. Moreover, existing technological solutions either la...
Universal Accessibility in Astronomy requires a paradigm shift from visual-centric communication to multisensory data interaction. Because astronomy communication relies inherently on high-resolution imagery and visual metaphors, it creates significa...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to verify changes in a driver’s emotions through the physical characteristics of haptic signals. This is to improve the performance of drivers by designing haptic signals with emotional semantics. Background:...
Multi-modal haptic rendering is an important research direction to improve realism in haptic rendering. It can produce various mechanical stimuli that render multiple perceptions, such as hardness and roughness. This paper proposes a multi-modal hapt...
In this research paper, we have implemented a computer program thanks to the XML language to sense the differences in image color depth by using haptic/tactile devices. With the use of “Bump Map” and tools such as “Autodesk’s...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used in applications such as inspection and search and rescue, yet safe and intuitive teleoperation remains challenging in cluttered and GPS-denied environments. This paper presents a modular haptic te...
Virtual agents are artificial intelligence systems that can interact with users in virtual reality (VR), providing users with companionship and entertainment. Virtual pets have become the most popular virtual agents due to their many benefits. Howeve...
We often interact with our environment through manual handling of objects and exploration of their properties. Object properties (OP), such as texture, stiffness, size, shape, temperature, weight, and orientation provide necessary information to succ...
In haptic recognition, pressure information is usually represented as an image, and then used for feature extraction and classification. Deep learning that processes haptic information in end-to-end manner has attracted attention. This study proposes...
A control method for a cable-driven robot in a teleoperation system is proposed using the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation technique. The main components of the teleoperated robotic system are a haptic device, also called a delta robot, and a ca...
There is a plethora of technology-assisted interventions for hand therapy, however, less is known about the effectiveness of these interventions. This scoping review aims to explore studies about technology-assisted interventions targeting hand rehab...
For humans and animals to recognise an object, the integration of multiple sensing methods is essential when one sensing modality is only able to acquire limited information. Among the many sensing modalities, vision has been intensively studied and...
This paper proposes a kinesthetic–tactile fusion feedback system based on virtual interaction. Combining the results of human fingertip deformation characteristics analysis and an upper limb motion mechanism, a fingertip tactile feedback device...
Haptic rendering of compliance is widely used in human–computer haptic interaction. Haptic impressions of virtual objects are usually controlled through rendering algorithms and devices. However, subjective feelings of compliance are easily aff...
This study presents a wearable haptic feedback system designed to support speech training for individuals with speech and hearing impairments. The system provides real-time tactile cues based on detected phonemes, helping users correct their pronunci...
Nowadays, lower-limb prostheses are reaching real-world usability especially on ground-level walking. However, some key tasks such as stair walking are still quite demanding. Providing haptic feedback about the foot placement on the steps might reduc...
This paper addresses the issue of robotic haptic exploration of 3D objects using an enhanced model of visual attention, where the latter is applied to obtain a sequence of eye fixations on the surface of objects guiding the haptic exploratory procedu...
This paper presents an integrated scheme based on a mixed reality (MR) and haptic feedback approach for intuitive and immersive teleoperation of robotic welding systems. By incorporating MR technology, the user is fully immersed in a virtual operatin...
Modern interaction with smart devices is hindered by the “Midas Touch” problem, where sensors frequently misinterpret incidental physical movements as intentional commands due to a lack of human context. This research addresses this confl...
(1) Background: Most robotic MIS platforms lack native haptic feedback, leaving surgeons to infer tissue loads from vision alone—an especially risky limitation in esophageal procedures. (2) Methods: We develop a sensorless, image-only force-est...
This paper presents a systematic literature review that reflects the current state of research in the field of algorithms and models for map generalization, the existing solutions for automatic (tactile) map generation, as well as good practices for...
This paper proposes a new robotic rehabilitation training platform that is motivated by the requirement for adjusting the training strategy and intensity in a patient-specific manner. The platform is implemented for tele-rehabilitation and is compris...
A generalization of the famous Dirac belt trick opens up the way to a haptic model for quantum phases of fermions and bosons in Hilbert space based on knot theory. We introduce a simple paper strip model as an aid for visualization of the quantum pha...
To enhance immersion in virtual reality (VR) environments and improve the fidelity of virtual tactile interaction, this study proposes a perceptually grounded haptic-rendering framework for fine surface-texture simulation. The framework is centred on...
Identifying the massage techniques of the masseuse is a prerequisite for guiding robotic massage. It is difficult to recognize multiple consecutive massage maps with a time series for current human action recognition algorithms. To solve the problem,...
Touch is one of the primary communication tools. Interestingly, the sensation of touch can also be experienced when observed in another person. Due to the system of mirror neurons, it is, in fact, being mapped on the somatosensory cortex of the obser...
Autonomous navigation in novel environments still represents a challenge for people with visual impairment (VI). Pin array matrices (PAM) are an effective way to display spatial information to VI people in educative/rehabilitative contexts, as they p...
What is the origin of quantum randomness? Why does the deterministic, unitary time development in Hilbert space (the ‘
This paper proposes an input mapping system that can transform various input signals from next-generation virtual reality devices to suit existing virtual reality content. Existing interactions of virtual reality content are developed based on input...
A depth estimation has been widely studied with the emergence of a Lytro camera. However, skin depth estimation using a Lytro camera is too sensitive to the influence of illumination due to its low image quality, and thus, when three-dimensional reco...
This article reports the design, implementation, and formative perception-based evaluation of an early-stage virtual reality (VR) prototype that integrates a virtual cane, localized haptic feedback, 3D audio, and a three-layer bioinspired sensing fra...
Continuum robots are increasingly used in medical applications and the master–slave-based architectures are still the most important mode of operation in human–machine interaction. However, the existing master control devices are not full...
This paper introduces the design of a novel indoor and outdoor mobility assistance system for visually impaired people. This system is named the MAPS (Mobility Assistance Path Planning and orientation in Space), and it is based on the theoretical fra...
Background/Objectives: Real-time arthroscopic bone drilling in simulators requires high graphics and haptic update rates while deforming bone visually. We present a fully GPU-resident, shader-based pipeline for the Virtual Rotator Cuff Arthroscopic S...
Tangible User Interface (TUI) represents a huge potential for Virtual Reality (VR) because tangibles can naturally provide rich haptic cues which are often missing in VR experiences that make use of standard controllers. We are particularly intereste...
Preserving older pedestrians’ navigation skills in urban environments is a challenge for maintaining their quality of life. However, the maps that are usually used by older pedestrians might be unsuitable to their specificities and the existing digit...
Background/Objectives: From birth, infants learn how to interact with the world through exploration. It has been proposed that this early learning phase is driven by motor babbling: the spontaneous generation of exploratory movements that are progres...
People with physical disabilities in their upper extremities face serious issues in using classical input devices due to lacking movement possibilities and precision. This article suggests an alternative input concept and presents corresponding input...
Altered somatosensory function is common among stroke survivors, yet is often poorly characterized. Methods of profiling somatosensation that illustrate the variability in impairment within and across different modalities remain limited. We aimed to...
Many wearable interface solutions use external computing systems—such as a computer—to infer actions from gestures, limiting feedback to a single vibrotactile or visual channel and rarely reporting on execution times or energy consumption...
The ultrasonic phased array as an emerging interactive tool is increasingly used for aerial tactile interaction. However, there is almost no method to achieve remote variable force feedback through the ultrasonic phased array as far as we know. This...
Given that most cues exchanged during a social interaction are nonverbal (e.g., facial expressions, hand gestures, body language), individuals who are blind are at a social disadvantage compared to their sighted peers. Very little work has explored s...
Virtual reality (VR) technologies have become more and more affordable and popular in the last five years thanks to hardware and software advancements. A critical issue for these technologies is finding paradigms that allow user interactions in ways...
Background: Endovascular treatment of venous disease is introducing new therapeutic options in neuroradiology. These procedures are technically challenging and require extensive physician training. Currently, training is mainly conducted on animal mo...
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Virtual reality (VR) technology is one of the promising directions for rehabilitation, especially cognitive rehabilitation. Previous studies demonstrated successful rehabilitation in motor, cognitive, and sensorial functions using VR. The objective o...
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