Open AccessStudy on Human Fingers Perception over Textured Surfaces for the Textural Applications in Haptics Technology
Author(s) -
Dadi Ravikanth,
P. Hariharan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1012/1/012050
Subject(s) - haptic technology , perception , tactile perception , haptic perception , computer science , artificial intelligence , tactile display , actuator , stimulus (psychology) , computer vision , human–computer interaction , psychology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience
Haptics technology uses skin as a source for feedback and helps in the perception of the stimulus. There are various types of actuators or displays used in haptics perception, like electro-tactile, vibrotactile, thermal coil and physical pins. These actuators require larger neural density for being used as an application. Hairy and Non-Hairy skin, its neural density pattern must be observed for perception memory applications. The textural applications in haptics technology are one of the kinds which use skin and its perception levels. The paper discusses the behaviour of fingertips and fingertip’s skin behaviour pattern towards textural applications in tactile feedback. The experiment in the paper uses psychophysical assumptions and single-blinded method of perception over six human participants under three environmental condition, and 10 stimuli which are used in everyday activity. The experimental result focuses on the perception time and perception memory of human fingertips, which will a comparative data with real-time haptic feedback. The experimental methods discussed in the paper addresses low-cost perception experiment for a preliminary study of haptics textural applications.