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Quantitative evaluation of body-sway caused by tactile apparent movement

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The recognition of tactile apparent movement is normally a subjective sense. However, when applying tactile apparent movement to an engineering system, quantitative evaluation is necessary. In a previous study, we examined the body-sway caused by tactile apparent movement under fixed experimental conditions, but the body-sway characteristics were not fully investigated. In this study, we investigated the body-sway caused by tactile apparent movement under fixed experimental conditions. We focused on biological information and body-sway, and compared cases where the apparent motion was recognized and not recognized. Our findings will help to improve the performance of systems that use tactile apparent movement.

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  1. Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communication, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan

    Kennichi Mogi & Masafumi Uchida

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Correspondence to Kennichi Mogi.

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This work was presented in part at the 16th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 27–29, 2011

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Mogi, K., Uchida, M. Quantitative evaluation of body-sway caused by tactile apparent movement. Artif Life Robotics 16, 266–270 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-011-0966-0

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