Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Skin electronics: next‐generation device platform for virtual and augmented reality

JJ Kim, Y Wang, H Wang, S Lee… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are overcoming the physical limits of real‐life
using advances in devices and software. In particular, the recent restrictions in transportation …

Recent advances and opportunities of active materials for haptic technologies in virtual and augmented reality

TH Yang, JR Kim, H **, H Gil, JH Koo… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) are evolving. The market demands and
innovation efforts call for a shift in the key VR/AR technologies and engaging people …

Skin‐integrated vibrohaptic interfaces for virtual and augmented reality

YH Jung, JH Kim, JA Rogers - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Haptic technology involves the use of electrical or mechanical means to stimulate afferent
nerves or mechanoreceptors in the skin as the basis for creating sensations of physical …

A survey on haptics: Communication, sensing and feedback

M Emami, A Bayat, R Tafazolli… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Haptic communications represent a vast area of research focused on integrating the sense
of touch into digital sensory experiences. Achieving effective haptic communication requires …

Recent advances in multi-mode haptic feedback technologies towards wearable interfaces

Y Huang, K Yao, J Li, D Li, H Jia, Y Liu, CK Yiu… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid development of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) highlights the
demands of haptic feedback technologies, especially with portable or even wearable …

Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearable Human–Machine Interfaces

J Park, Y Lee, S Cho, A Choe, J Yeom, YG Ro… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Haptic human–machine interfaces (HHMIs) combine tactile sensation and haptic feedback
to allow humans to interact closely with machines and robots, providing immersive …

Conducting polymers for the design of tactile sensors

US Bubniene, V Ratautaite, A Ramanavicius… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper provides an overview of the application of conducting polymers (CPs) used in the
design of tactile sensors. While conducting polymers can be used as a base in a variety of …

Thermo‐haptic materials and devices for wearable virtual and augmented reality

J Lee, D Kim, H Sul, SH Ko - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The current generation of virtual and augmented realities (VR/AR) has substantially
advanced in the past decade because of the rapid development of converging technologies …

Human–machine interaction through advanced haptic sensors: a piezoelectric sensory glove with edge machine learning for gesture and object recognition

R De Fazio, VM Mastronardi, M Petruzzi, M De Vittorio… - Future Internet, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human–machine interaction (HMI) refers to systems enabling communication between
machines and humans. Systems for human–machine interfaces have advanced significantly …