Seminar: Graduate Seminar
A Thin and Wearable Vision-Based Tactile Sensor for Real-Time Teletaction
| Touch plays a central role in the way people explore and interact with the physical world, yet it remains much harder to capture and transmit than audio or video. One promising approach is the use of vision-based tactile sensors, which use embedded cameras to observe how a soft surface deforms during contact and recover information about shape, texture, and touch.
This seminar presents the development of a thin, wearable vision-based tactile sensor designed to be worn on the fingers while still allowing natural interaction with objects. In contrast to many existing tactile sensors that are mainly designed for robotic grippers or bulky devices, this work explores how such sensing can be brought closer to the human body in a practical and wearable form. The design process involves balancing several challenges, including thickness, comfort, field of view, and sensing quality. The work is also discussed in the broader context of haptics, the field concerned with sensing and communicating touch. In particular, wearable tactile sensing is considered as part of a telehaptic system, in which touch information captured in one location can be reconstructed and rendered remotely through a haptic device. More broadly, the seminar highlights how combining imaging, touch sensing, and wearable design can support new forms of human-centered interaction, remote touch, and tactile communication. M.Sc. student under the supervision of Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor.
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