Vibrotactile actuators: Effect of load and body site on performance

IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 351-356

  Azadi, Mojtaba ^a   Jones, Lynette A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

actuator; tactile display; touch; vibration

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

LINEAR RESONANT ACTUATORS; LOADING CONDITION; RIGID SURFACES; STIFFNESS AND DAMPING; TACTILE DISPLAY; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VIBROTACTILE DISPLAYS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84899568535     PISSN: 23247347     EISSN: 23247355     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAPTICS.2014.6775480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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