A Large-Area Wearable Soft Haptic Device Using Stacked Pneumatic Pouch Actuation

Cara M. Nunez,Brian H. Do,Andrew K. Low,Laura H. Blumenschein,Katsu Yamane,Allison M. Okamura,Cara M. Nunez,Brian H. Do,Andrew K. Low,Laura H. Blumenschein,Katsu Yamane,Allison M. Okamura

While haptics research has traditionally focused on the fingertips and hands, other locations on the body provide large areas of skin that could be utilized to relay large-area haptic sensations. Researchers have thus developed wearable devices that use distributed vibrotactile actuators and distributed pneumatic force displays, but these methods have limitations. In prior work, we presented a nov...