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Investigating Bimanual Haptic Exploration With Arm-Support Exoskeletons, Balagopal Raveendranath
Investigating Bimanual Haptic Exploration With Arm-Support Exoskeletons, Balagopal Raveendranath
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The ability to judge properties like weight and length of hand-held objects is essential in industrial work. Sometimes workers use devices like exoskeletons, which can augment their ability to lift and move heavy objects. Previous studies have investigated the perceptual information available for one-handed weight and length judgments. The current study investigated how blindfolded participants bimanually heft and wield objects to explore haptic information, to perceive object heaviness or length. The study also investigated the effects of using an arm-support exoskeleton (ASE) on the perceived weight of hand-held objects. We empirically tested whether people wield and manipulate objects differently, depending …