Tangential versus normal displacements of skin: Relative effectiveness for producing tactile sensations

Proceedings - 10th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, HAPTICS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 121-128

  Biggs, James ^a   Srinivasan, Mandayam A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensors; Displacement measurement; Displays; Force measurement; Impedance measurement; Mechanical variables measurement; Piezoelectric actuators; Probes; Skin; Surface impedance

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; DISPLAY DEVICES; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HAPTIC INTERFACES; MECHANICAL ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROBES; REMOTE CONTROL; SKIN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCES; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; PROVIDE GUIDANCES; SURFACE IMPEDANCES; TACTILE SENSATION; TANGENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; TANGENTIAL TRACTION;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84949755314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAPTIC.2002.998949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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