WORKSHOP: Quantification of tactile feelings: How can we analyze, measure, and design diverse textures in touch?

Objectives: This workshop will present methods for the quantification of tactile feelings on the basis of haptic researches by the organizers. It is composed of lectures and a hands-on experience program considering the application of the quantification of tactile feelings into industrial fields, etc. Through this workshop, we expect that the participants will: be aware of diversity of texture feelings; understand an importance and advantage of quantifying tactile feelings; have knowledge on two different analyses of texture perceptual structure; have an idea for applying design/communication of tactile feelings into industrial products or scenes.