IEEE Trans Haptics. 2017 Oct-Dec;10(4):580-600. doi: 10.1109/TOH.2017.2689006. Epub 2017 May 9.
In the last decade, we have witnessed a drastic change in the form factor of audio and vision technologies, from heavy and grounded machines to lightweight devices that naturally fit our bodies. However, only recently, haptic systems have started to be designed with wearability in mind. The wearability of haptic systems enables novel forms of communication, cooperation, and integration between humans and machines. Wearable haptic interfaces are capable of communicating with the human wearers during their interaction with the environment they share, in a natural and yet private way. This paper presents a taxonomy and review of wearable haptic systems for the fingertip and the hand, focusing on those systems directly addressing wearability challenges. The paper also discusses the main technological and design challenges for the development of wearable haptic interfaces, and it reports on the future perspectives of the field. Finally, the paper includes two tables summarizing the characteristics and features of the most representative wearable haptic systems for the fingertip and the hand.
在过去的十年中,我们见证了音频和视觉技术形式的巨大变化,它们从笨重的机器转变为自然贴合我们身体的轻便设备。然而,直到最近,触觉系统才开始被设计为注重可穿戴性。触觉系统的可穿戴性使人类与机器之间的新型通信、合作和集成形式成为可能。可穿戴触觉接口能够在人类与他们共享的环境交互期间以自然而私密的方式与人类佩戴者进行通信。本文提出了一种针对指尖和手部的可穿戴触觉系统的分类法和综述,重点介绍那些直接解决可穿戴性挑战的系统。本文还讨论了开发可穿戴触觉接口的主要技术和设计挑战,并报告了该领域的未来展望。最后,本文包括两个表格,总结了最具代表性的指尖和手部可穿戴触觉系统的特点和功能。