Making Sense of Haptics Fundamentals of Perception and Implications

Tele operation systems, in which robots are controlled remotely, are a potential solution to performing tasks in remote, small, and hazardous environments. However, there is a big disadvantage to these systems; as the direct connection between the human a

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Femke Elise van Beek

Making Sense of Haptics

Fundamentals of Perception and Implications for Device Design

Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems Series Editors Manuel Ferre Marc O. Ernst Alan Wing Series Editorial Board Carlo A. Avizzano José M. Azorín Soledad Ballesteros Massimo Bergamasco Antonio Bicchi Martin Buss Jan van Erp Matthias Harders William S. Harwin Vincent Hayward Juan M. Ibarra Astrid M.L. Kappers Abderrahmane Kheddar Miguel A. Otaduy Angelika Peer Jerome Perret Jean-Louis Thonnard

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Femke Elise van Beek

Making Sense of Haptics Fundamentals of Perception and Implications for Device Design

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Femke Elise van Beek Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN 2192-2977 ISSN 2192-2985 (electronic) Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems ISBN 978-3-319-69919-6 ISBN 978-3-319-69920-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69920-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017958834 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

This book is dedicated to my father, Jörg van Beek. He made the beautiful cover for my thesis, upon which this book is based. Dikke kus papa.

Acknowledgements

There are so many people that I should be thanking here for helping me along my path to obtaining a PhD degree. Luckily, I thanked most of them already in my thesis acknowledgements. However, you cannot thank amazing promoters and supervisors often enough, so Astrid Kappers and Wouter Bergmann Tiest, thank you again! Without you, this book certainly would not have existed. The research in my thesis