Soft Haptics Display Toolkit
This study presented a soft haptic display toolkit. It provides a rapid prototyping approach and real-time wireless control for a low-cost, 4×4 soft wearable fingertip-sized tactile display with a spatial resolution of 4 mm. The characterization results show the display’s performance with a maximum vertical displacement of 1.8 mm, a rise time of 0.25 second, and a maximum refresh rate of 8 Hz. This technology can be implemented to develop a high resolution remote haptic communication system.
Jul 1, 2025
🏆 Paper Accepted at 2025 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR)
Our research on soft haptics display has been accepted for publication, advancing soft wearable haptics technology.
Apr 15, 2025
🏆 Paper Accepted at IEEE Transactions on Haptics
Our research on passive haptic presentation paradigms has been accepted for publication, advancing VR medical training applications.
Dec 28, 2024
Remote Palpation - Testbed v0
This testbed enables participants in roles of nurse and doctor to simultaneously feel two identical tissue phantoms. The nurse actively palpates the tissue, while the doctor’s passive hand feels the same sensations by having the phantom move with respect to their hand. We are using this platform to study impacts of embodiment on experience of the doctor, and to observe psychological impacts and communication strategies between doctor and nurse roles.
Jun 1, 2023