A Soft Wearable Tactile Device Using Lateral Skin Stretch

This paper presents an initial study of a soft wearable tactile device that stimulates the finger pad via lateral forces. The device is wrapped around the finger and consists of a 4 × 4 array of pucks with a 2.6 mm pitch. Users interact with a magnet that achieves displacements of ± 56 µm. Two psychophysical experiments were conducted to explore the utility of the device. They showed that the lateral forces obtained were sufficient for the perception of angled lines, and the array-based system provided repeatable edge detection.

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