Title :
Directionality of human tactile sensation capability in discriminating fine step-heights
Author :
Tanaka, Naoki ; Kawamura, Takuya ; Tani, Kazuo
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Dept. of Human & Inf. Syst., Gifu Univ., Gifu, Japan
fDate :
Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 2 2009
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors conducted psychophysical tests to investigate the effect of the directionality of human tactile sensation capability in discriminating fine step-heights. We evaluated the capability of human finger to discriminate the step-heights of 0 to 20 mum moving at the angle of 0deg, 45deg and 90deg. The results suggest that the different directions of touching motion affect the human tactile sensation for recognizing step-heights.
Keywords :
height measurement; tactile sensors; touch (physiological); discriminating fine step-heights; human tactile sensation capability; step-heights recognition; Fingers; Humans; Information systems; Pattern recognition; Psychology; Robot sensing systems; Rough surfaces; Shape; Skin; Surface roughness;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2009. RO-MAN 2009. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toyama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5081-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9445
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326228
