Multisensory Softness Perceived Compliance from Multiple Sources of Information /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Di Luca, Massimiliano (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Neurosciences.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computer simulation.; Application software.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Simulation and Modeling.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computer Applications.

Offers a unique multidisciplinary overview of how humans interact with soft objects and how multiple sensory signals are used to perceive material properties, with an emphasis on object deformability. The authors describe a range of setups that have been employed to study and exploit sensory signals...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Section 1: Perceptual Softness
• Physical Aspects of Softness Perception
• Visual-Haptic Softness
• Vibrotactile Sensation and Softness Perception
• Auditory Perception of Material Properties
• Computational Aspects of Softness Perception
• Section 2: Sensorimotor Softness
• Exploratory Movement Strategies in Softness Perception
• The Perception of the Centre of Elastic Force Fields: A Model of Integration of the Force and Position Signals
• Dynamic Combination of Movement and Force for Softness Perception
• Perception of Stiffness with Delay
• Section 3: Artificial Softness
• Natural and Artificial Motion Feedback in Compliance Perception
• Softness Displays
• Haptic Augmentation in Soft Tissue Interaction.