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Data-Driven Sparse Skin Stimulation Can Convey Social Touch Information to Humans by Salvato, Mike, Williams, Sophia R., Nunez, Cara M., Zhu, Xin, Israr, Ali, Lau, Frances, Klumb, Keith, Abnousi, Freddy, Okamura, Allison M., Culbertson, Heather

“…During social interactions, people use auditory, visual, and haptic cues to convey their thoughts, emotions, and intentions. Due to weight, energy, and other…”
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Design and Analysis of Pneumatic 2-DoF Soft Haptic Devices for Shear Display by Kanjanapas, Smita, Nunez, Cara M., Williams, Sophia R., Okamura, Allison M., Luo, Ming

“…Haptic devices use touch to enable communication in a salient and private manner. While most haptic devices are held or worn at the hand, there is recent…”
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Body-Mounted Vibrotactile Stimuli: Simultaneous Display of Taps on the Fingertips and Forearm by Williams, Sophia R., Okamura, Allison M.

“…In this article, we present a body-mounted tactile display to deliver haptic feedback to the forearm and user-initiated haptic feedback to the fingertips. The…”
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A 4-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Origami Haptic Device for Normal, Shear, and Torsion Feedback by Williams, Sophia R., Suchoski, Jacob M., Chua, Zonghe, Okamura, Allison M.

“…We present a finger-mounted 4-degree-of-freedom (DoF) haptic device created using origami fabrication techniques. The 4-DoF device uses a parallel kinematic…”
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Understanding Continuous and Pleasant Linear Sensations on the Forearm From a Sequential Discrete Lateral Skin-Slip Haptic Device by Nunez, Cara M., Williams, Sophia R., Okamura, Allison M., Culbertson, Heather

“…A continuous stroking sensation on the skin can convey messages or emotion cues. We seek to induce this sensation using a combination of illusory motion and…”
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Embedded Laser-Cut Constraints for Elastomeric Soft Actuators by Winston, Crystal E., Yoshida, Kyle T., Williams, Sophia R., Okamura, Allison M.

“…Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosures (FREEs) are soft pneumatic actuators that have been used in haptic devices. These actuators have constraining fibers…”
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Wearable Haptic Devices for Social and Virtual Interaction by Williams, Sophia R

“…Augmented and virtual reality allow users to visually experience fantastic artificial environments. Haptic technology increases immersion and realism in these…”
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3-DoF Wearable, Pneumatic Haptic Device to Deliver Normal, Shear, Vibration, and Torsion Feedback by Yoshida, Kyle T., Nunez, Cara M., Williams, Sophia R., Okamura, Allison M., Luo, Ming

“…Haptic devices worn on the forearm have the ability to provide communication while freeing the user's hands for manipulation tasks. We introduce a multi-modal…”
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A 4-DoF Parallel Origami Haptic Device for Normal, Shear, and Torsion Feedback by Williams, Sophia R, Suchoski, Jacob M, Chua, Zonghe, Okamura, Allison M

“…We present a mesoscale finger-mounted 4-degree-of-freedom (DoF) haptic device that is created using origami fabrication techniques. The 4-DoF device is a…”
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Data-driven sparse skin stimulation can convey social touch information to humans by Salvato, M, Williams, Sophia R, Nunez, Cara M, Zhu, Xin, Israr, Ali, Lau, Frances, Klumb, Keith, Abnousi, Freddy, Okamura, Allison M, Culbertson, Heather

“…During social interactions, people use auditory, visual, and haptic cues to convey their thoughts, emotions, and intentions. Due to weight, energy, and other…”
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Understanding Continuous and Pleasant Linear Sensations on the Forearm from a Sequential Discrete Lateral Skin-Slip Haptic Device by Nunez, Cara M, Williams, Sophia R, Okamura, Allison M, Culbertson, Heather

“…A continuous stroking sensation on the skin can convey messages or emotion cues. We seek to induce this sensation using a combination of illusory motion and…”
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