A psychophysical investigation on vibrotactile sensing for transradial prosthesis users
The absence of tactile sensory feedback in transradial prosthetic hands is one of the major contributing factors for these devices to be rejected by users. This paper reports human psychophysical response to vibrotactile sensations in discriminating surface textures, as a possible non-invasive metho...
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my.iium.irep.677032018-11-28T03:27:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67703/ A psychophysical investigation on vibrotactile sensing for transradial prosthesis users Mohamad Hanif, Noor Hazrin Hany Chappell, Paul Hammond White, Neil Maurice Cranny, Andy T Technology (General) TJ170 Mechanics applied to machinery. Dynamics TJ950 Pneumatic machinery The absence of tactile sensory feedback in transradial prosthetic hands is one of the major contributing factors for these devices to be rejected by users. This paper reports human psychophysical response to vibrotactile sensations in discriminating surface textures, as a possible non-invasive method to supplement sensory feedback for prosthetic hand users. The vibrotactile sensations were supplied by a specially fabricated actuator that vibrates according to signals obtained by a prosthetic finger when sliding across textured surfaces. Participants were provided with four different types of vibration patterns, randomly repeated for five times and were required to state which surface textures that the vibration patterns represent. A Chi-square test statistical procedure was designed to evaluate the relationships between these two categorical variables. The investigation which comprises of 300 samples has shown a statistically significant relationship between the vibration patterns and the surface textures (p < 0.001). The participants were able to discriminate surface textures and associate them to the vibration patterns provided by the vibrotactile actuator accordingly. The outcome of this work has provided optimistic possibility for implementation of painless, non-invasive sensory feedback that will undoubtedly boost the users’ sense of embodiment and encourage them to fully utilize a well-designed prosthetic device. Taylor & Francis Online 2018-10-26 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67703/1/67703_A%20psychophysical%20investigation%20on%20vibrotactile.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67703/2/67703_A%20psychophysical%20investigation%20on%20vibrotactile_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67703/3/67703_A%20psychophysical%20investigation%20on%20vibrotactile_WOS.pdf Mohamad Hanif, Noor Hazrin Hany and Chappell, Paul Hammond and White, Neil Maurice and Cranny, Andy (2018) A psychophysical investigation on vibrotactile sensing for transradial prosthesis users. Cogent Engineering, 5 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2331-1916 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311916.2018.1539943 10.1080/23311916.2018.1539943 |
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The absence of tactile sensory feedback in transradial prosthetic hands is one of the major contributing factors for these devices to be rejected by users. This paper reports human psychophysical response to vibrotactile sensations in discriminating surface textures, as a possible non-invasive method to supplement sensory feedback for prosthetic hand users. The vibrotactile sensations were supplied by a specially fabricated actuator that vibrates according to signals obtained by a prosthetic finger when sliding across textured surfaces. Participants were provided with four different types of vibration patterns, randomly repeated for five times and were required to state which surface textures that the vibration patterns represent. A Chi-square test statistical procedure was designed to evaluate the relationships between these two categorical variables. The investigation which comprises of 300 samples has shown a statistically significant relationship between the vibration patterns and the surface textures (p < 0.001). The participants were able to discriminate surface textures and associate them to the vibration patterns provided by the vibrotactile actuator accordingly. The outcome of this work has provided optimistic possibility for implementation of painless, non-invasive sensory feedback that will undoubtedly boost the users’ sense of embodiment and encourage them to fully utilize a well-designed prosthetic device. |
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A psychophysical investigation on vibrotactile sensing for transradial prosthesis users |
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