A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin

Yei Hwan Jung; Jae Young Yoo; Abraham Vázquez-Guardado; Jae Hwan Kim; Jin Tae Kim; Haiwen Luan; Minsu Park; Jaeman Lim; Hee Sup Shin; Chun Ju Su; Robert Schloen; Jacob Trueb; Raudel Avila; Jan Kai Chang; Da Som Yang; Yoonseok Park; Hanjun Ryu; Hong Joon Yoon; Geumbee Lee; Hyoyeong Jeong; Jong Uk Kim; Aadeel Akhtar; Jesse Cornman; Tae il Kim; Yonggang Huang; John A. Rogers

doi:10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3

A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin

Yei Hwan Jung, Jae Young Yoo, Abraham Vázquez-Guardado, Jae Hwan Kim, Jin Tae Kim, Haiwen Luan, Minsu Park, Jaeman Lim, Hee Sup Shin, Chun Ju Su, Robert Schloen, Jacob Trueb, Raudel Avila, Jan Kai Chang, Da Som Yang, Yoonseok Park, Hanjun Ryu, Hong Joon Yoon, Geumbee Lee, Hyoyeong JeongJong Uk Kim, Aadeel Akhtar, Jesse Cornman, Tae il Kim, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers

Department of Chemical Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

106 Scopus citations

Abstract

Haptic interfaces can be used to add sensations of touch to virtual and augmented reality experiences. Soft, flexible devices that deliver spatiotemporal patterns of touch across the body, potentially with full-body coverage, are of particular interest for a range of applications in medicine, sports and gaming. Here we report a wireless haptic interface of this type, with the ability to display vibro-tactile patterns across large areas of the skin in single units or through a wirelessly coordinated collection of them. The lightweight and flexible designs of these systems incorporate arrays of vibro-haptic actuators at a density of 0.73 actuators per square centimetre, which exceeds the two-point discrimination threshold for mechanical sensation on the skin across nearly all the regions of the body except the hands and face. A range of vibrant sensations and information content can be passed to mechanoreceptors in the skin via time-dependent patterns and amplitudes of actuation controlled through the pressure-sensitive touchscreens of smart devices, in real-time with negligible latency. We show that this technology can be used to convey navigation instructions, to translate musical tracks into tactile patterns and to support sensory replacement feedback for the control of robotic prosthetics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	374-385
Number of pages	12
Journal	Nature Electronics
Volume	5
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3
State	Published - Jun 2022

Access to Document

10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3

Cite this

Jung, Y. H., Yoo, J. Y., Vázquez-Guardado, A., Kim, J. H., Kim, J. T., Luan, H., Park, M., Lim, J., Shin, H. S., Su, C. J., Schloen, R., Trueb, J., Avila, R., Chang, J. K., Yang, D. S., Park, Y., Ryu, H., Yoon, H. J., Lee, G., ... Rogers, J. A. (2022). A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin. Nature Electronics, 5(6), 374-385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3

@article{8a0b5ac0626f43d1ac79c029d8c16fb0,

title = "A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin",

abstract = "Haptic interfaces can be used to add sensations of touch to virtual and augmented reality experiences. Soft, flexible devices that deliver spatiotemporal patterns of touch across the body, potentially with full-body coverage, are of particular interest for a range of applications in medicine, sports and gaming. Here we report a wireless haptic interface of this type, with the ability to display vibro-tactile patterns across large areas of the skin in single units or through a wirelessly coordinated collection of them. The lightweight and flexible designs of these systems incorporate arrays of vibro-haptic actuators at a density of 0.73 actuators per square centimetre, which exceeds the two-point discrimination threshold for mechanical sensation on the skin across nearly all the regions of the body except the hands and face. A range of vibrant sensations and information content can be passed to mechanoreceptors in the skin via time-dependent patterns and amplitudes of actuation controlled through the pressure-sensitive touchscreens of smart devices, in real-time with negligible latency. We show that this technology can be used to convey navigation instructions, to translate musical tracks into tactile patterns and to support sensory replacement feedback for the control of robotic prosthetics.",

author = "Jung, {Yei Hwan} and Yoo, {Jae Young} and Abraham V{\'a}zquez-Guardado and Kim, {Jae Hwan} and Kim, {Jin Tae} and Haiwen Luan and Minsu Park and Jaeman Lim and Shin, {Hee Sup} and Su, {Chun Ju} and Robert Schloen and Jacob Trueb and Raudel Avila and Chang, {Jan Kai} and Yang, {Da Som} and Yoonseok Park and Hanjun Ryu and Yoon, {Hong Joon} and Geumbee Lee and Hyoyeong Jeong and Kim, {Jong Uk} and Aadeel Akhtar and Jesse Cornman and Kim, {Tae il} and Yonggang Huang and Rogers, {John A.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.",

year = "2022",

month = jun,

doi = "10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3",

language = "English",

volume = "5",

pages = "374--385",

journal = "Nature Electronics",

issn = "2520-1131",

publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",

number = "6",

}

Jung, YH, Yoo, JY, Vázquez-Guardado, A, Kim, JH, Kim, JT, Luan, H, Park, M, Lim, J, Shin, HS, Su, CJ, Schloen, R, Trueb, J, Avila, R, Chang, JK, Yang, DS, Park, Y, Ryu, H, Yoon, HJ, Lee, G, Jeong, H, Kim, JU, Akhtar, A, Cornman, J, Kim, TI, Huang, Y & Rogers, JA 2022, 'A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin', Nature Electronics, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 374-385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3

TY - JOUR

T1 - A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin

AU - Jung, Yei Hwan

AU - Yoo, Jae Young

AU - Vázquez-Guardado, Abraham

AU - Kim, Jae Hwan

AU - Kim, Jin Tae

AU - Luan, Haiwen

AU - Park, Minsu

AU - Lim, Jaeman

AU - Shin, Hee Sup

AU - Su, Chun Ju

AU - Schloen, Robert

AU - Trueb, Jacob

AU - Avila, Raudel

AU - Chang, Jan Kai

AU - Yang, Da Som

AU - Park, Yoonseok

AU - Ryu, Hanjun

AU - Yoon, Hong Joon

AU - Lee, Geumbee

AU - Jeong, Hyoyeong

AU - Kim, Jong Uk

AU - Akhtar, Aadeel

AU - Cornman, Jesse

AU - Kim, Tae il

AU - Huang, Yonggang

AU - Rogers, John A.

PY - 2022/6

Y1 - 2022/6

N2 - Haptic interfaces can be used to add sensations of touch to virtual and augmented reality experiences. Soft, flexible devices that deliver spatiotemporal patterns of touch across the body, potentially with full-body coverage, are of particular interest for a range of applications in medicine, sports and gaming. Here we report a wireless haptic interface of this type, with the ability to display vibro-tactile patterns across large areas of the skin in single units or through a wirelessly coordinated collection of them. The lightweight and flexible designs of these systems incorporate arrays of vibro-haptic actuators at a density of 0.73 actuators per square centimetre, which exceeds the two-point discrimination threshold for mechanical sensation on the skin across nearly all the regions of the body except the hands and face. A range of vibrant sensations and information content can be passed to mechanoreceptors in the skin via time-dependent patterns and amplitudes of actuation controlled through the pressure-sensitive touchscreens of smart devices, in real-time with negligible latency. We show that this technology can be used to convey navigation instructions, to translate musical tracks into tactile patterns and to support sensory replacement feedback for the control of robotic prosthetics.

AB - Haptic interfaces can be used to add sensations of touch to virtual and augmented reality experiences. Soft, flexible devices that deliver spatiotemporal patterns of touch across the body, potentially with full-body coverage, are of particular interest for a range of applications in medicine, sports and gaming. Here we report a wireless haptic interface of this type, with the ability to display vibro-tactile patterns across large areas of the skin in single units or through a wirelessly coordinated collection of them. The lightweight and flexible designs of these systems incorporate arrays of vibro-haptic actuators at a density of 0.73 actuators per square centimetre, which exceeds the two-point discrimination threshold for mechanical sensation on the skin across nearly all the regions of the body except the hands and face. A range of vibrant sensations and information content can be passed to mechanoreceptors in the skin via time-dependent patterns and amplitudes of actuation controlled through the pressure-sensitive touchscreens of smart devices, in real-time with negligible latency. We show that this technology can be used to convey navigation instructions, to translate musical tracks into tactile patterns and to support sensory replacement feedback for the control of robotic prosthetics.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130488693&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3

DO - 10.1038/s41928-022-00765-3

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85130488693

SN - 2520-1131

VL - 5

SP - 374

EP - 385

JO - Nature Electronics

JF - Nature Electronics

IS - 6

ER -

A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this