Human Perception of Haptic Force Direction

In this paper we investigate the accuracy of human perception of haptic force direction applied to the hand. Haptic interfaces are commonly used in many applications and understanding the limitations of human perception would facilitate the design of these interfaces and the associated applications. The literature contains work related to force perception; however, none of which address the issue of the accuracy of haptic force direction perception. We discuss the design and implementation of the experiment used to evaluate the accuracy. Also presented are results related to training effects, fatigue and accuracy across angular regions

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