Title
Contact force and duration effects on static and dynamic tactile texture discrimination
Abstract
Tactile roughness magnitude estimates increase with contact force. However, it is not known whether discrimination thresholds are affected by contact force and other parameters, such as duration and tangential movement. The effects of these factors on roughness discrimination thresholds were determined using an adaptive staircase procedure for coarse and fine texture discrimination during active touch. The presence of tangential movement (dynamic touch) significantly reduced thresholds in coarse and fine texture discrimination compared to static touch, with effects more marked with fine textures. Contact force did not affect discrimination except in static touch of coarse texture when the threshold was significantly higher with low force. Within the perspective that texture discrimination involves distinct vibratory and spatial mechanisms, the results suggest that spatial-dependent texture discrimination deteriorates when contact force is reduced whereas vibration-dependent texture discrimination is unaffected by contact force. Texture discrimination was independent of contact duration in the range 1.36s to 3.46s, suggesting that tactile integration processes are completed relatively quickly.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-14075-4_2
EuroHaptics (2)
Keywords
Field
DocType
tangential movement,coarse texture,static touch,fine texture discrimination,discrimination threshold,vibration-dependent texture discrimination,contact force,dynamic tactile texture discrimination,spatial-dependent texture discrimination,texture discrimination,duration effect,roughness discrimination threshold,spatial dependence
Tactile discrimination,Computer vision,Computer science,Contact force,Artificial intelligence,Surface finish,Active touch
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
6192
0302-9743
3-642-14074-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.45
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hoi-Fei Kwok1172.39
Kerry Darkins210.45
Calogero M. Oddo3103.06
Lucia Beccai410816.85
Alan M. Wing5276.37