Haptic Devices: Wearability-Based Taxonomy and Literature Review
Adilkhanov A. Rubagotti M. Kappassov Z.
2022Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
IEEE Access
2022#1091923 - 91947 pp.
In the last decade, several new haptic devices have been developed, contributing to the definition of more realistic virtual environments. An overview of this topic requires a description of the various technologies employed in building such devices, and of their application domains. This survey describes the current technology underlying haptic devices, based on the concept of wearability level. It reviews more than 90 devices newly developed and described in scientific papers published in the period 2010-2021. The reviewed devices provide either haptic illusions or novel haptic feedback for teleoperation, entertainment, training, education, guidance and notification. They are categorized into grounded, hand-held and wearable devices; the latter are further split into exoskeletons and gloves, finger-worn devices, and arm-worn devices. For the systems in each of these categories, descriptions and tables are provided that analyze their structure, including device mass and employed actuators, their applications, and other characteristics such as type of haptic feedback and tactile illusions. The survey also provides an overview of devices worn in parts of the human body other than arms and hands, and precisely haptic vests, jackets and belts, and haptic devices for head, legs and feet. Finally, the paper discusses research gaps and challenges, and potential future directions.
Haptic devices , haptic illusions , kinesthetic feedback , tactile feedback , virtual reality interfaces
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Nazarbayev University, Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
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