HAPTIC > TACTILE

Haptics is the combined senses of Kinesthetic and Tactile senses.
These in turn have sub-senses (heat, vibration, pressure for Taction, for example).

Reaction times:

Visual: .15 sec

Auditory: .12 sec

Tactile: .10 sec


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How do you know where your hand is?

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Force-reflecting teleoperation (GE in the '60s):

...tapes...

...motors...

Exoskeletons:

...hydraulics...

...HYDRAULICS...

Virtual haptics in the '90s:

Massie's Phantom Ruspini's Cat

Some recent products:

Sensable Technologies

Immersion andLogitech


Virtex gloves

Intuitive Surgical


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