Rendering softness: Integration of kinesthetic and cutaneous information in a haptic device

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale ^a   Bianchi, Matteo ^a   Grioli, Giorgio ^a   Bicchi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cutaneous perception; Haptic interfaces; kinesthesia; psychophysics; softness rendering

Indexed keywords

CONTACT MECHANICS; CUTANEOUS PERCEPTION; HAPTIC DEVICES; HAPTIC DISPLAY; INTEGRATED DEVICE; PHYSICAL OBJECTS; PSYCHO-PHYSICAL TESTS; UNIMODAL;

PHYSICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 77954311690     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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