The TaSSt: Tactile sleeve for social touch

Author

Huisman, G. ; Darriba Frederiks, Aduen ; Van Dijk, B. ; Hevlen, D. ; Krose, Ben

Author_Institution

Human Media Interaction Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

2013

fDate

14-17 April 2013

Firstpage

211

Lastpage

216

Abstract

In this paper we outline the design process of the TaSST (Tactile Sleeve for Social Touch), a touch-sensitive vibrotactile arm sleeve. The TaSST was designed to enable two people to communicate different types of touch over a distance. The touch-sensitive surface of the sleeve consists of a grid of 4×3 sensor compartments filled with conductive wool. Each compartment controls the vibration intensity of a vibration motor, located in a grid of 4×3 motors beneath the touch-sensitive layer. An initial evaluation of the TaSST revealed that it was mainly suitable for communicating protracted (e.g. pressing), and simple (e.g. poking) touches.

Keywords

haptic interfaces; tactile sensors; touch sensitive screens; vibration control; TaSST; conductive wool; sensor compartments; tactile sleeve-for-social touch; touch-sensitive surface; touch-sensitive vibrotactile arm sleeve; vibration intensity control; vibration motor; Educational institutions; Presses; Pressing; Synchronous motors; Vibrations; Wool; Wrist; H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces-Haptic I/O Prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2013

Conference_Location

Daejeon

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0087-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WHC.2013.6548410

Filename

6548410