Wearable haptic devices for ubiquitous communication

Allison M. Okamura

doi:10.1117/12.2617849

18 April 2022 Wearable haptic devices for ubiquitous communication

Allison M. Okamura

Proceedings Volume PC12042, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXIV; PC1204201 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2617849
Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2022, Long Beach, California, United States

Abstract

Haptic devices allow touch-based information transfer between humans and intelligent systems, enabling communication in a salient but private manner that frees other sensory channels. For such devices to become ubiquitous, their physical and computational aspects must be intuitive and unobtrusive. The amount of information that can be transmitted through touch is limited in large part by the location, distribution, and sensitivity of human mechanoreceptors. Not surprisingly, many haptic devices are designed to be held or worn at the highly sensitive fingertips, yet stimulation using a device attached to the fingertips precludes natural use of the hands. Thus, we explore the design of a wide array of haptic feedback mechanisms, ranging from devices that can be actively touched by the fingertips to multi-modal haptic actuation mounted on the arm. We demonstrate how these devices are effective in virtual reality, human-machine communication, and human-human communication.

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Allison M. Okamura "Wearable haptic devices for ubiquitous communication", Proc. SPIE PC12042, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXIV, PC1204201 (18 April 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2617849

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