@article {JUMET2023100059, title = {Fluidically programmed wearable haptic textiles}, journal = {Device}, year = {2023}, pages = {100059}, abstract = {

Summary Haptic feedback offers a useful mode of communication in visually or auditorily noisy environments. The adoption of haptic devices in our everyday lives, however, remains limited, motivating research on haptic wearables constructed from materials that enable comfortable and lightweight form factors. Textiles, a material class fitting these needs and already ubiquitous in clothing, have begun to be used in haptics, but reliance on arrays of electromechanical controllers detracts from the benefits that textiles offer. Here, we mitigate the requirement for bulky hardware by developing a class of wearable haptic textiles capable of delivering high-resolution information on the basis of embedded fluidic programming. The designs of these haptic textiles enable tailorable amplitudinal, spatial, and temporal control. Combining these capabilities, we demonstrate wearables that deliver spatiotemporal cues in four directions with an average user accuracy of 87\%. Subsequent demonstrations of washability, repairability, and utility for navigational tasks exemplify the capabilities of our approach.

}, keywords = {analog control, fluidic control, haptic sleeve, human-machine interaction, human-robot interaction, Navigation, point force, smart textiles, spatiotemporal haptics, tactile cues}, issn = {2666-9986}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.device.2023.100059}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666998623000832}, attachments = {https://mahilab.rice.edu/sites/default/files/publications/DeviceJumet2023.pdf}, author = {Barclay Jumet and Zane A. Zook and Anas Yousaf and Anoop Rajappan and Doris Xu and Te Faye Yap and Nathaniel Fino and Zhen Liu and Marcia K. O{\textquoteright}Malley and Daniel J. Preston} } @article {1759, title = {Flexible robotics with electromagnetic tracking improve safety and efficiency during in vitro endovascular navigation}, journal = {Journal of Vascular Surgery}, volume = {63}, number = {1}, year = {2016}, pages = {285-286}, attachments = {https://mahilab.rice.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Schwein2016\%20-\%20Flexible\%20robotics\%20tracking.pdf}, author = {Adeline Schwein and Kramer, B.D. and Ponraj Chinnadurai and Sean Walker and O{\textquoteright}Malley, M.K. and Alan Lumsden and Jean Bismuth} } @proceedings {1875, title = {A Fully Automated System for the Preparation of Samples for Cryo-Electron Microscopy}, year = {2010}, publisher = {American Society of Mechanical Engineers}, attachments = {https://mahilab.rice.edu/sites/default/files/publications/thompson2010asme.pdf}, author = {Thompson, Zachary J and Johnson, Kevin L and Overby, Nicolas and Chidi, Jessica I and Pryor, William K and O{\textquoteright}Malley, Marcia K} } @proceedings {1873, title = {Functionally biarticular control for smart prosthetics}, year = {2009}, pages = {627-628}, publisher = {IEEE}, attachments = {https://mahilab.rice.edu/sites/default/files/publications/gillespie2009IEEE.pdf}, author = {Gillespie, Brent and Baker, John and O{\textquoteright}Malley, Marcia and Shewokis, Patricia and Contreras-Vidal, Jose Luis} } @proceedings {01416683554, title = {Force saturation, system bandwidth, information transfer, and surface quality in haptic interfaces}, volume = {2}, year = {2001}, note = {

Information transfer;

}, pages = {1382 - 1387}, address = {Seoul}, abstract = {

This paper presents a two-part study of the effects of maximum endpoint force and system bandwidth on haptic perception. First, size identification experiments were performed to determine the effects of system quality, in terms of these two system parameters, on the ability of a human to identify square cross-section ridges by size in a simulated environment. Then, discrimination experiments were performed to determine relationships between haptic interface machine parameters and simulation quality in terms of perceived surface hardness. Results indicate that haptic interface hardware may be able to convey sufficient perceptual information to the user with relatively low levels of force feedback and system bandwidth, yet subjects can perceive improvements in simulated surface quality as levels are further increased.

}, keywords = {Bandwidth, Computer simulation, Computer software, Feedback, Hardness, Manipulators}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2001.932803}, attachments = {https://mahilab.rice.edu/sites/default/files/publications/omalley2001ieee.pdf}, author = {Marcia Kilchenman and Michael Goldfarb} }