Wearable Tactile Display System

Figure 8.5 Wearable tactile display system in response to virtual contact motion.

As evaluation indexes of the roughness sensation, nine kinds of close-set lead balls that had different diameters from 0.5 to 10 mm were used. The wearable tactile display system shown in Figure 8.5 was used. The amplitudes of the stimulations were fixed at 6.0 V (= the maximum input) and each offset was 0.5 V. The offset was needed to avoid an insensitive zone caused by shortage of amplitudes of the actuators. The subjects put the device on the right middle finger. They touched the index with their left hand at the same time. There was no restriction on time to explore. The subjects were six males in their twenties. 

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