Encoded and crossmodal thermal stimulation through a fingertip-sized haptic display

Haptic displays aim at artificially creating tactile sensations by applying tactile features to the user’s skin. Although thermal perception is a haptic modality it has received scant attention possibly because humans process thermal properties of objects slower than other tactile properties. Yet, t...

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Main Authors: Simon eGallo, Giulio eRognini, Laura eSantos-Carreras, Tristan eVouga, Olaf eBlanke, Hannes eBleuler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/frobt.2015.00025/full