Skin vibration and contact force in active perception for roughness ratings

Makiko Natsume; Yoshihiro Tanaka; W.M. Bergmann Tiest; Astrid M.L. Kappers

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172499

Skin vibration and contact force in active perception for roughness ratings

Makiko Natsume, Yoshihiro Tanaka, W.M. Bergmann Tiest, Astrid M.L. Kappers

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Abstract

When we touch an object, we can obtain tactile information through our skin. Thus it is important to reveal the relationship between the subjective sensation and objective quantities like the skin vibration elicited on our skin. In this paper, we focus on roughness perception, one of the main tactile sensations of materials. We measured skin vibration and contact force in natural active roughness perception for a large set of different materials, of which the physical roughness could be expressed in various industrial roughness measures like Ra. The results showed that there was no relationship between contact force and subjective roughness, so apparently humans do not control contact forces intentionally in a roughness estimation task. Power functions were fitted to each relationship between the other objective parameters and estimated roughness. The goodness-of-fit value of skin vibration was significantly better than any of the other parameters. Thus, the main conclusion is that these results suggest that skin vibration plays a determining role in roughness perception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE RO-MAN 2017 : 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, August 28 - September 1, 2017, Lisbon, Portugal
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE/LEOS
Pages	1479-1484
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-3518-6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-3519-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172499
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2017) - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 28 Aug 2017 → 1 Sept 2017 Conference number: 26 http://www.ro-man2017.org/site/

Conference

Conference	26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2017)
Abbreviated title	RO-MAN 2017
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	28/08/17 → 1/09/17
Other	Human-Robot Collaboration and Human Assistance for an Improved Quality of Life
Internet address	http://www.ro-man2017.org/site/

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Conference theme: Human-Robot Collaboration and Human Assistance for an Improved Quality of Life

Keywords

Subjective roughness rating
active touch
contact force
physical parameter
skin vibration

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Natsume, M., Tanaka, Y., Bergmann Tiest, W. M., & Kappers, A. M. L. (2017). Skin vibration and contact force in active perception for roughness ratings. In IEEE RO-MAN 2017 : 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, August 28 - September 1, 2017, Lisbon, Portugal (pp. 1479-1484). IEEE/LEOS. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172499

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Natsume, M, Tanaka, Y, Bergmann Tiest, WM & Kappers, AML 2017, Skin vibration and contact force in active perception for roughness ratings. in IEEE RO-MAN 2017 : 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, August 28 - September 1, 2017, Lisbon, Portugal. IEEE/LEOS, Piscataway, pp. 1479-1484, 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2017), Lisbon, Portugal, 28/08/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172499

Skin vibration and contact force in active perception for roughness ratings. / Natsume, Makiko; Tanaka, Yoshihiro; Bergmann Tiest, W.M. et al.
IEEE RO-MAN 2017 : 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, August 28 - September 1, 2017, Lisbon, Portugal. Piscataway: IEEE/LEOS, 2017. p. 1479-1484.

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