Haptics
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Cambridge, USA
Language: eng
Format: e-book
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9780262349055
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Touch; Senses and sensation
First sentence: When we move our fingertips across a table or along a piece of fabric we are immediately able to sense whether it is smooth or rough, and even in the absence of vision we can probably determine what the table or cloth is made from.
Table of contents: title: Table of Contents; title: List of tables; title: List of figures; title: Series page; title: Title page; title: Copyright page; title: Series Foreword; label: 1
title: How We Perceive the World via Touch; label: 2
title: Sensory and Motor Specialization of the Hand; label: 3
title: Haptic Perception; label: 4
title: Haptic Illusions; label: 5
title: Tactile and Haptic Displays; label: 6
title: Tactile Communication Systems; label: 7
title: Surface Haptics; label: 8
title: Artificial Sensing: Prosthetic and Robotic Hands; label: 9
title: Conclusions; title: Glossary; title: Further Reading; title: Index; title: About Author