A Flexible Spiraling‐Metasurface as a Versatile Haptic Interface
| Autor: | Vincenzo Costanza, Frances Lau, Antonio Palermo, Paolo Celli, Osama R. Bilal, Ali Israr, Chiara Daraio |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Bilal, Osama R., Costanza, Vincenzo, Israr, Ali, Palermo, Antonio, Celli, Paolo, Lau, France, Daraio, Chiara |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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FOS: Computer and information sciences
Materials science Interface (computing) Wearable computer FOS: Physical sciences 02 engineering and technology Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter Virtual reality Signal Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Computer Science - Robotics 0203 mechanical engineering General Materials Science Computer vision Sensory cue Wearable technology Haptic technology ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS business.industry Robotics Physics - Applied Physics 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 020303 mechanical engineering & transports Mechanics of Materials Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) Artificial intelligence 0210 nano-technology business Robotics (cs.RO) |
| Popis: | Haptic feedback is the most significant sensory interface following visual cues. Developing thin, flexible surfaces that function as haptic interfaces is important for augmenting virtual reality, wearable devices, robotics and prostheses. For example, adding a haptic feedback interface to prosthesis could improve their acceptance among amputees. State of the art programmable interfaces targeting the skin feel‐of‐touch through mechano‐receptors are limited by inadequate sensory feedback, cumbersome mechanisms, or narrow frequency of operation. Here, a flexible metasurface is presented as a generic haptic interface capable of producing complex tactile patterns on the human skin at wide range of frequencies. The metasurface is composed of multiple “pixels” that can locally amplify both input displacements and forces. Each of these pixels encodes various deformation patterns capable of producing different sensations on contact. The metasurface can transform a harmonic signal containing multiple frequencies into a complex preprogrammed tactile pattern. The findings, corroborated by user studies conducted on human candidates, can open new avenues for wearable and robotic interfaces. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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