Assessing the efficacy of variable compliance tactile displays

Michael A. Taylor; Aaron R. Ferber; J. Edward Colgate

doi:10.1109/WHC.2007.23

Assessing the efficacy of variable compliance tactile displays

Michael A. Taylor^*, Aaron R. Ferber, J. Edward Colgate

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Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Tactile displays based on pin arrays are challenging to design because they require a large number of individually controllable pins, or "tactors". A semiactive approach such as variable compliance could lead to improvements in tactor density, power consumption, size, and weight. However, the effectiveness of such an approach at conveying information to the user has not previously been studied. This paper presents an experiment that compares the performance of height varying and compliance varying pin arrays. It was found that users of a variable compliance pin array took at least 1.41 times longer to determine the shape of a displayed object than when using a variable height pin array, and this decision time increases with tactor stiffness.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007
Pages	427-432
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC.2007.23
State	Published - Aug 28 2007
Event	2nd Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007, WHC'07 - Tsukuba, Japan Duration: Mar 22 2007 → Mar 24 2007

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Name	Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007

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Other	2nd Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007, WHC'07
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tsukuba
Period	3/22/07 → 3/24/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software
Signal Processing

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Taylor, M. A., Ferber, A. R., & Colgate, J. E. (2007). Assessing the efficacy of variable compliance tactile displays. In Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007 (pp. 427-432). Article 4145212 (Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007). https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC.2007.23

Taylor, Michael A. ; Ferber, Aaron R. ; Colgate, J. Edward. / Assessing the efficacy of variable compliance tactile displays. Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007. 2007. pp. 427-432 (Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007).

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Taylor, MA, Ferber, AR & Colgate, JE 2007, Assessing the efficacy of variable compliance tactile displays. in Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007., 4145212, Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007, pp. 427-432, 2nd Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007, WHC'07, Tsukuba, Japan, 3/22/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC.2007.23

Assessing the efficacy of variable compliance tactile displays. / Taylor, Michael A.; Ferber, Aaron R.; Colgate, J. Edward.
Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007. 2007. p. 427-432 4145212 (Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007).

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Taylor MA, Ferber AR, Colgate JE. Assessing the efficacy of variable compliance tactile displays. In Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007. 2007. p. 427-432. 4145212. (Proceedings - Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, World Haptics 2007). doi: 10.1109/WHC.2007.23

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