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This paper describes a novel tactile module that can provide both vibratory and thermal feedback onto the skin. The module is composed of two different components; miniaturized vibrator and four units of Peltier devices. The dimension of the vibro-thermal tactile feedback device is 16 \(\times \) 32 \(\times \) 7 mm, which is small enough for attaching to fingerpad. We describe basic concept of this module, and the state of current prototype including possible applications.
Masashi Nakatani, Katsunari Sato, Kunio Sato and Yuzuru Kawana equally contributed to this study.
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This research was supported by JST-ACCEL Embodied Media project. Authors thank Dr. Hiroyuki Kajimoto for helpful discussion.
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Nakatani, M. et al. (2018). A Novel Multimodal Tactile Module that Can Provide Vibro-Thermal Feedback . In: Hasegawa, S., Konyo, M., Kyung, KU., Nojima, T., Kajimoto, H. (eds) Haptic Interaction. AsiaHaptics 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 432. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4157-0_73
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