Enhancing Human-Machine Interaction with Wearable Haptic Devices

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Malley, Marcia Ken_US
dc.creatorBradley, Josh Marken_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T14:56:43Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-05-17T14:56:43Zen_US
dc.date.created2018-05en_US
dc.date.issued2018-04-18en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2018en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T14:56:43Zen_US
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.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
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>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105730en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjecthapticsen_US
dc.subjectguidanceen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjectwearable hapticsen_US
dc.subjecttactileen_US
dc.subjectkinestheticen_US
dc.subjectexoskeletonen_US
dc.subjecthaptic cueingen_US
dc.subjectmultimodalen_US
dc.subjectskin stretchen_US
dc.subjectsqueezeen_US
dc.subjectvibrotactileen_US
dc.titleEnhancing Human-Machine Interaction with Wearable Haptic Devicesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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