Tactile display and vibrotactile pattern recognition on the torso

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1359-1374

  Jones, Lynette A ^a   Lockyer, Brett ^b   Piateski, Erin ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptics; Tactile display; Torso display; Touch

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; HAPTIC INTERFACES; NAVIGATION;

TORSO DISPLAY; TOUCH; VIBROTACTILE STIMULATION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 33846204812     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855306778960563     Document Type: Article

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