A compact planar distributed tactile display and effects of frequency on texture judgment

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-580

  Kyung, Ki Uk ^a   Ahn, Minseung ^b,c   Kwon, Dong Soo ^a,d,e   Srinivasan, Mandayam A ^b,f,g  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

^e IEEE   (United States)

^f MIT's Touch Lab

^g Research Laboratory of Electronics   (United States)

Author keywords

Passive touch; Sensation level; Tactile display; Texture; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; TEXTURES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DISCRIMINATION TASKS; PASSIVE TOUCH; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; SENSATION LEVEL; TACTILE DISPLAY;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 33745023075     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855306776985540     Document Type: Article

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