Wearable wireless tactile display for virtual interactions with soft bodies

We describe here a wearable, wireless, compact and lightweight tactile display, able to mechanically stimulate the fingertip of users, so as to simulate contact with soft bodies in virtual environments. The device was based on dielectric elastomer actuators, as high-performance electromechanically a...

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Main Authors: Gabriele eFrediani, Daniele eMazzei, Danilo Emilio De Rossi, Federico eCarpi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fbioe.2014.00031/full