Faster indentation influences skin deformation to reduce tactile discriminability of compliant objects

• Published in: IEEE transactions on haptics Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Li, Bingxu, Hauser, Steven C., Gerling, Gregory J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.04.2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: compliance; Cues; Deformation; Fingers; Force; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Indentation; Judgment; Point cloud compression; psychophysics; Rubber; Skin; skin mechanics; softness; stereo imaging; Stimuli; tactile; Three-dimensional displays; touch; Touch - physiology; Touch Perception - physiology

To discriminate the compliance of soft objects, we rely upon spatiotemporal cues in the mechanical deformation of the skin. However, we have few direct observations of skin deformation over time, in particular how its response differs with indentation velocities and depths, and thereby helps inform...