Improved tactile shear feedback: Tactor design and an aperture-based restraint

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-262

  Gleeson, Brian T ^a   Stewart, Charles A ^a   Provancher, William R ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptic I O; Index finger and thumb; Lateral skin stretch; Tactile feedback; Tangential skin displacement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

HAPTIC I/O; INDEX FINGER; SKIN STRETCH; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TANGENTIAL SKIN DISPLACEMENT;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 79951853153     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ToH.2010.56     Document Type: Article

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