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Artificially Rendered Cutaneous Cues for a New Generation of Haptic Displays

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In this chapter we report on two architectures of haptic devices able to reproduce variable softness and elicit tactile sensations. Both solutions aim at addressing more effectively cutaneous channels. The first device is comprised of a tactile flow-based display coupled with a commercial kinesthetic interface. The second device is based on a pin array configuration in order to stimulate locally the fingertips and induce the illusion of different shapes or moving objects.

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This work was partly supported by the ImmerSence project within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union, FET—Presence Initiative, contract number IST-2006-027141, see also www.immersence.info.

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  1. Interdepartmental Research Center “E. Piaggio”, University of Pisa, via Diotisalvi, 2, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Matteo Bianchi, Valentina Hartwig & Antonio Bicchi

  2. Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, via G. Caruso, 16, 56122, Pisa, Italy

    Nicola Vanello & Luigi Landini

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  1. Electro- and Information Technology, Technische Universität München, Theresienstrasse 90, Munich, 80333, Germany

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Scilingo, E.P., Bianchi, M., Vanello, N., Hartwig, V., Landini, L., Bicchi, A. (2012). Artificially Rendered Cutaneous Cues for a New Generation of Haptic Displays. In: Peer, A., Giachritsis, C. (eds) Immersive Multimodal Interactive Presence. Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2754-3_10

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