Vibrotactile force feedback for telemanipulation: Concept and applications

In telemanipulation and 3D virtual interactions it is important to transmit force sensation from the remote or virtual environment to the human operator. Due to the weak points (control issues, robustness, cost) of real force feedback devices, methods where force is rendered on non-native sensory channels have grounds. In this paper, the conceptual background of sensor-bridging type cognitive infocommunications based force reflecting schemes are discussed, and experimental infrastructure are introduced covering current application fields.