Oral Sessions

Last updated: April 6, 2024.

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Session 1

Perception and Psychophysics
Monday, April 8, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
- Salon de Reyes
Session Chairs: Shogo Okamoto & Cara M. Nunez

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Bumps and Dents Are Not Perceptually Opposite When Exploring with Lateral Force Cues
Shogo Okamoto
 
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Establishing Natural Tactile Mappings: Mapping Tactile Parameters to Continuous Data Concepts
Sara Riggs, Nicholas Gardella Nicholas Gardella
 
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Richer Textural Information in the Horizontal Component of the Contact Force Compared with the Normal Component
Ayaka Tamura, Shogo Okamoto
 
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Haptic Sensitivity to Diameter and Tension During String Plucking
Matej Mayet, Jean-Loïc Le Carrou, David Gueorguiev
 
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Reliability of Smartphone-based Vibration Threshold Measurements
Rachel A. G. Adenekan, Kyle Yoshida, Anis Benyoucef, Alejandrina Gonzalez Reyes, Adeyinka E Adenekan, Allison M. Okamura, Cara M. Nunez
 
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Celebrating Sliman Bensmaia's contribution to Haptics
Hannes Saal
 

Session 2A

Human Performance and Biomechanics
Monday, April 8, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Salon de Reyes
Session Chairs: Matteo Bianchi & Yon Visell

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Enhancing User Performance by Adaptively Changing Haptic Feedback Cues in a Fitts's Law Task
Drake Rowland, Benjamin Davis, Taylor Higgins, Ann Majewicz Fey
 
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
System Identification of Human Dynamics Using Periodic Impedance Models During Physical Interaction
Khandaker Nusaiba Hafiz, Terence David Sanger, Jonathan Realmuto
 
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
On the Role of Tactile Motion Estimates and Hand Side in Bimanual Reaching Tasks
Océane Duvert, Giulia Pagnanelli, Alessandro Moscatelli, Matteo Bianchi
Preview video (YouTube)
 
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Skinsource: A Data-driven Toolbox for Predicting Touch-elicited Vibrations in the Upper Limb
Neeli Tummala, Gregory Reardon, Simone Fani, Dustin Goetz, Matteo Bianchi, Yon Visell
 
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
A Transparent Hydraulic Actuator to Visualize Finger Pad Deformation at Programmable Material Compliances
Bingxu Li, Alton Sharpe, Gregory J. Gerling
 
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Bi-manual Sensory Discrimination: A Kinesthetic Study
Suhas Kakade, Subhasis Chaudhuri, Abhishek Gupta
 

Session 2B

Assistive and Social Haptics
Monday, April 8, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Miramar
Session Chairs: Mounia Ziat & Sara Alzalabny

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Determining the Minimal Deviation Limit for Haptic Feedback in Veering Correction During Blindfolded Walking
Mounia Ziat, Ariunbold Batjargal, Mehdi Hojatmadani, Shuangshuang Xiao
Preview video (YouTube)
 
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Touch for Accessibility: Haptic SVG Diagrams for Visually Impaired and Blind Individuals
Sara Alzalabny, Omar Moured, Karin Müller, Thorsten Schwarz, Bastian Rapp, Rainer Stiefelhagen
 
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
The Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Sliding Contact Braille Display for Early Learning
Anupama Thomas, Anil Prabhakar
Preview video (YouTube)
 
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Importance of Contextual Grounding in Affective Mediated Touch
Xin Zhu, Zhenghui Su, Jocelyn Tsai, Cara M. Nunez, Heather Culbertson
 
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Comparing the Haptic Perception of Directional Information Using a Uni-manual or Bi-manual Strategy on a Walker
Inès Lacôte, Claudio Pacchierotti, Frédéric Marie, François Pasteau, Fabien Grzeskowiak, Marie Babel, David Gueorguiev, Maud Marchal
 
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Design and Validation of Pseudo-force Haptic Device for Actual Walking
Tomosuke Maeda, Takayoshi Yoshimura, Junnosuke Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Sakai, Kouta Minamizawa
Preview video (YouTube)
 

Session 3A

Haptic Rendering
Monday, April 8, 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
- Salon de Reyes
Session Chairs: Kouta Minamizawa & Hiroyuki Kajimoto

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Stereohaptic Vibration: Out-of-body Localization of Virtual Vibration Source through Multiple Vibrotactile Stimuli on the Forearms
Gen Ohara, Kikuchi Daiki, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro
 
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Representing Fine Texture of Pencil Hardness by High-frequency Vibrotactile Equivalence Conversion Using Ultra-thin Pzt-mems Vibrators
Masamune Waga, Toru Matsubara, Masashi Konyo, Toshihiro Takeshita, Yusuke Takei, Takeshi Kobayashi, Satoshi Tadokoro
 
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Presentation of a Tracing Sensation by Means of Rotation Stimuli
Soma Kato, Yui Suga, Izumi Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Kajimoto
 
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Haptic Feedback with Higher-order Implicit Integrators
Aldo Galvan, Ann Majewicz Fey
 

Session 3B

Medical Haptics
Monday, April 8, 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
- Miramar
Session Chairs: Tania K. Morimoto & Edoardo Battaglia

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Origami-based Haptic Syringe for Local Anesthesia Simulator
Ken Iiyoshi, Shadi Khazaaleh, Ahmed Dalaq, Mohammed F. Daqaq, Georgios Korres, Mohamad Eid
 
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Rotational Motion Due to Skin Shear Deformation at Wrist and Elbow
Takuto Nakamura, Hideaki Kuzuoka
 
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
A Novel Wearable Sensing Device Enabling Remote Palpation
Michele Pompilio, Nicole D'Aurizio, Tommaso Lisini Baldi, Leonardo Franco, Guido Gabriele, Domenico Prattichizzo
Preview video (YouTube)
 
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Verbal Outperforms Cartesian Tactile Guidance in Telementored Needle Insertion Training
Lourdes Romy Reyes, Caroline Park, Edoardo Battaglia, Ann Majewicz Fey
 

Session 4

Wearable and Hand-held Devices
Tuesday, April 9, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
- Salon de Reyes
Session Chairs: Tommaso Lisini Baldi & Hong Tan

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Comparing the Perceived Intensity of Vibrotactile Cues Scaled Based on Inherent Dynamic Range
Daziyah Sullivan, Elyse Chase, Marcia Omalley
Preview video (YouTube)
 
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Effects of Contact Force on Vibrotactile Perceived Intensity Across the Upper Body
Dajin Lee, Gyeore Yun, Seungmoon Choi
Preview video (YouTube)
 
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Presentation of Hitting Sensation to the Racket by a Single DC Motor Embedded in a Handle
Michiru Sobue, Soma Kato, Izumi Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Kajimoto
Preview video (YouTube)
 
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
H3kit: Hand-held Haptic Kit for Stem Education
Robert Bloom, Zachary Huang, Kaitlyn Lavarias, Madeleine Ren, Tania K. Morimoto
 
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
A Wearable Pick-to-haptics System to Improve Manual-picking Tasks in Warehouses
Leonardo Franco, Tommaso Lisini Baldi, Domenico Prattichizzo, Gionata Salvietti
Preview video (YouTube)
 
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Hapt-X-Pand: The Design and Evaluation of a Radially Expanding and Contracting Skin Drag Haptic Device
Colton Doherty, Jennifer Tennison, Jenna Gorlewicz
 

Session 5A

Dynamic Systems and Control
Tuesday, April 9, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Salon de Reyes
Session Chairs: Michael Zinn & Jee-Hwan Ryu

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Force-feedback through Touch-based Interactions with a Nanocopter
Yang Chen, Hamed Alimohammadzadeh, Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Heather Culbertson
 
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Transparent, High-force, and High-stiffness Control of Haptic Actuators with Backlash: A Multi Degree of Freedom Approach
Patrick Dills, Michael Zinn
 
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Improving Kinesthetic Haptic Rendering through a Frequency Partitioned Series Admittance Actuation Approach
Megh Vipul Doshi, Patrick Dills, Michael Zinn
 
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Relaxing Conservatism for Enhanced Impedance Range and Transparency in Haptic Interaction
Huseyin Tugcan Dinc, Thomas Hulin, Christian Ott, Jee-Hwan Ryu
 

Session 5B

Haptics in Gaming and Virtual Reality
Tuesday, April 9, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Miramar
Session Chairs: Allison M. Okamura & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Horizontal Plane Haptic Redirection - Realizing Haptic Feedback for the Virtual Inclined Plane in VR
Dexin Liu, Hengxin Chen
 
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Telemetry-based Haptic Rendering for Racing Game Experience Improvement
Jiwan Lee, Junwoo Kim, Jeonggoo Kang, Eunsoo Jo, Dong Chul Park, Seungmoon Choi
 
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Haptic Relocation of Virtual Finger Forces via Pneumatic Wrist-worn Haptic Devices
Jasmin Elena Palmer, Brian Vuong, Zhenishbek Zhakypov, Yimeng Qin, Liana G. Tilton, Allison M. Okamura
 
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Beyond Sight: The Role of Kinesthetic Feedback in Redirected Walking Within Virtual Reality
Seung Heon Lee, Sandeep Kollannur, Heather Culbertson
 

Session 6

Teleoperation, Monitoring, and Sensing
Tuesday, April 9, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Salon de Reyes
Session Chairs: Gregory J. Gerling & Jozsef Kovecses

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Haptic Interactions Subject to Variable Latency
Chantal Lana Hutchison, Joseph Hewlett, Siamak Arbatani, Antoine Weill--Duflos, Jozsef Kovecses
 
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Embodied Supervision: Haptic Display of Automation Command to Improve Supervisory Performance
Alia Gilbert, Sachit Krishnan, Brent Gillespie
 
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Networktouch: A Vibrotactile Check-in Device for Cyberattack Detection and Traffic Monitoring
J. Michael Bertsch, Mohammed Ayyat, Tamer Nadeem, Gregory J. Gerling
 
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Hapticformers: Employing Transformer Models on Avosight and Avodigit Datasets for Vision-based Tactile Assessment of Avocado Maturity
Israa Fahmy, Taimur Hassan, Naoufel Werghi, Irfan Hussain, Lakmal Seneviratne
 
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Digital Twin-empowered Model-mediated Teleoperation Using Multimodality Data with Signed Distance Fields
Mads Mørch Antonsen, Siwen Liu, Xiao Xu, Eckehard Steinbach, Francesco Chinello, Qi Zhang
 

Session 7A

Device Design
Wednesday, April 10, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
- Salon de Reyes
Session Chairs: Yasemin Vardar & Masashi Konyo

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Layer Jammers in a Simulated Environment Soft Haptic (S.E.S.H.) Glove
Ben Levy, Megh Vipul Doshi, Keng-Yu Lin, Michael Wehner
 
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Dynabuttons: Fast Interactive Soft Buttons with Analog Control
Tucker Rae-Grant, Chris Harrison, Craig Shultz
Preview video (YouTube)
 
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Validation and Usability Assessment of the Hapticpalm, a Wearable Device for Hand Palm Force Feedback
Alberto Villani, Mihai Dragusanu, Domenico Prattichizzo, Monica Malvezzi
Preview video (YouTube)
 
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Design and Characterisation of Particle Jamming-based Variable Stiffness Displays Using Non-pneumatic Actuators
Joshua Brown, Fernando Bello
 
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Lever Mechanism for Diaphragm-type Vibrators to Enhance Vibrotactile Intensity
Taku Hachisu, Masayuki Kajiura, Toshihiro Takeshita, Yusuke Takei, Takeshi Kobayashi, Masashi Konyo
Preview video (YouTube)
 

Session 7B

Multimodal Systems
Wednesday, April 10, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
- Miramar
Session Chairs: Gunhyuk Park & Seungmoon Choi

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Multimodal Haptic Feedback for Virtual Collisions Combining Vibrotactile and Electrical Muscle Stimulation
Jungeun Lee, Seungmoon Choi
Preview video (YouTube)
 
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Sound-to-touch Crossmodal Pitch Matching for Short Sounds
Donggeun Kim, Jungeun Lee, Gyeore Yun, Hong Tan, Seungmoon Choi
Preview video (YouTube)
 
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Matching Performance of 2d Phantom Sensations with Visual Motions
Kyuyoung Shim, Gunhyuk Park
 
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Toward Spatial-temporal Consistency of Joint Visual-tactile Perception in VR Applications
Fuqiang Zhao, Kehan Zhang, Qian Liu, Zhuoyi Lv
 
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Robust Surface Recognition with the Maximum Mean Discrepancy: Degrading Haptic-auditory Signals through Bandwidth and Noise
Behnam Khojasteh, Yitian Shao, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker