Enhancing Human-Machine Interaction with Wearable Haptic Devices

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Malley, Marcia K
dc.creatorBradley, Josh Mark
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T14:56:43Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T14:56:43Z
dc.date.created2018-05
dc.date.issued2018-04-18
dc.date.submittedMay 2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T14:56:43Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents work done with wearable haptic devices for the purpose of enhancing human-machine interaction. Haptic devices capitalize on the unrealized potential of our body--and particularly our skin--to perceive stimuli by contact. To address the challenge of training motor skills, my first area of focus deals with the question of how best to provide guidance information for trajectory-following tasks. Results indicate that spatially-separated assistance rendered through a tactile device can be as effective for guidance as a the same information presented through a kinematic device. In addition to that, exploring the concept of communicating with a wearable haptic device, the remainder of this thesis focuses on a novel, multi-modal, wearable haptic device, MISSIVE, which is capable of rendering information-rich haptic cues. My experiments demonstrate that this approach can increase perceptual accuracy compared to a uni-modal vibrotactile system of comparable size and that users prefer the multi-modal device.
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dc.identifier.citationBradley, Josh Mark. "Enhancing Human-Machine Interaction with Wearable Haptic Devices." (2018) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105730">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105730</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105730
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjecthaptics
dc.subjectguidance
dc.subjectcommunication
dc.subjectwearable haptics
dc.subjecttactile
dc.subjectkinesthetic
dc.subjectexoskeleton
dc.subjecthaptic cueing
dc.subjectmultimodal
dc.subjectskin stretch
dc.subjectsqueeze
dc.subjectvibrotactile
dc.titleEnhancing Human-Machine Interaction with Wearable Haptic Devices
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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