Alternatives to Friction Coefficient: Fine Touch Perception Relies on Frictional Instabilities.

Autor:	Derkaloustian M; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Bhattacharyya P; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Ngo T; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Cashaback JGA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Medina J; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.; Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Dhong CB; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	BioRxiv : the preprint server for biology [bioRxiv] 2024 Oct 26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 26.
DOI:	10.1101/2024.10.25.620351
Abstrakt:	Fine touch perception is often correlated to material properties and friction coefficients, but the inherent variability of human motion has led to low correlations and contradictory findings. Instead, we hypothesized that humans use frictional instabilities to discriminate between objects. We constructed a set of coated surfaces with physical differences which were imperceptible by touch but created different types of instabilities based on how quickly a finger is slid and how hard a human finger is pressed during sliding. We found that participant accuracy in tactile discrimination most strongly correlated with formations of steady sliding, and response times negatively correlated with stiction spikes. Conversely, traditional metrics like surface roughness or average friction coefficient did not predict tactile discriminability. Identifying the central role of frictional instabilities as an alternative to using friction coefficients should accelerate the design of tactile interfaces for psychophysics and haptics. Competing Interests: Competing Interest Statement The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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