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Control of body sway using a tactile device

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

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    Kunio Horiba & Masafumi Uchida

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Correspondence to Masafumi Uchida.

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This work was presented in part at the 19th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Beppu, Oita, January 22–24, 2014.

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Horiba, K., Uchida, M. Control of body sway using a tactile device. Artif Life Robotics 19, 363–369 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-014-0185-6

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