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International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications

EuroHaptics 2018: Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications pp 80–90Cite as

Parameters that Affect Subjective Hardness in the Acceleration Response of a Stylus when Hitting an Object

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We can hit an object with a stylus held in our hand to judge the hardness of the object. In order to realize this motion with a teleoperation system, it is necessary to clarify the factors that affect subjective hardness when hitting an object with a stylus. Therefore, we conducted a perceptual experiment to compare subjective hardness and a collision experiment to measure the acceleration response when hitting a block with a stylus. We confirmed that subjective hardness when hitting an object with low stiffness is related to Young’s modulus, which largely agrees with intuitive understanding. In contrast, we also confirmed that the subjective hardness when hitting an object with high stiffness varied depending on the material of the stylus and in some case objects with high stiffness may be perceived softer. This was caused by the double-strike phenomenon of the stylus, and we found that the subjective hardness changed according to the strength of the stimulation due to the double-strike phenomenon. Consequently, we found that the double striking phenomenon appearing in the acceleration response of the stylus can be one a measure for assessing subjective hardness.

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  1. Laboratory for Future Interdisciplinary Research of Science and Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan

    Yasuyuki Saito & Kotaro Tadano

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  1. University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Domenico Prattichizzo

  2. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Shinoda

  3. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    Hong Z. Tan

  4. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

    Emanuele Ruffaldi

  5. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

    Antonio Frisoli

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Saito, Y., Tadano, K. (2018). Parameters that Affect Subjective Hardness in the Acceleration Response of a Stylus when Hitting an Object. In: Prattichizzo, D., Shinoda, H., Tan, H., Ruffaldi, E., Frisoli, A. (eds) Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications. EuroHaptics 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10893. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93445-7_8

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