TY - GEN
T1 - Wearable tactile display based on soft actuator
AU - Koo, Igmo
AU - Jung, Kwangmok
AU - Koo, Jachoon
AU - Nam, Jea Do
AU - Lee, Youngkwan
AU - Choi, Hyouk Ryeol
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Tactile sensation is one of the most important sensory functions for human perception of objects. Recently, there have been many technical challenges in the field of tactile sensing as well as tactile display. In this paper, we propose an innovative tactile display device based on soft actuator technology with ElectroActive Polymer(EAP). This device offers advantageous features over existing devices with respect to intrinsic flexibility, softness, ease of fabrication and miniaturization, high power density, and cost effectiveness. In particular, it can be adapted to various geometric configurations because it possesses structural flexibility, so it can be worn on any part of the human body such as finger, palm, and arm etc. It can be extensively applied as a wearable tactile display, a Braille device for the visually disabled, and a human interface in the future. A new design of the flexible actuator is proposed and its basic operational principles are discussed. In addition, a tactile display device with 10×10 actuator array(100 actuator cells) is developed and its effectiveness is confirmed.
AB - Tactile sensation is one of the most important sensory functions for human perception of objects. Recently, there have been many technical challenges in the field of tactile sensing as well as tactile display. In this paper, we propose an innovative tactile display device based on soft actuator technology with ElectroActive Polymer(EAP). This device offers advantageous features over existing devices with respect to intrinsic flexibility, softness, ease of fabrication and miniaturization, high power density, and cost effectiveness. In particular, it can be adapted to various geometric configurations because it possesses structural flexibility, so it can be worn on any part of the human body such as finger, palm, and arm etc. It can be extensively applied as a wearable tactile display, a Braille device for the visually disabled, and a human interface in the future. A new design of the flexible actuator is proposed and its basic operational principles are discussed. In addition, a tactile display device with 10×10 actuator array(100 actuator cells) is developed and its effectiveness is confirmed.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33845658712
U2 - 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642033
DO - 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642033
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33845658712
SN - 0780395069
SN - 9780780395060
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 2220
EP - 2225
BT - Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
Y2 - 15 May 2006 through 19 May 2006
ER -