Haptic Guidance

Haptic guidance uses tactile feedback to assist users in interacting with virtual or physical environments, primarily aiming to improve performance, safety, and learning in various tasks. Current research focuses on personalizing haptic guidance based on user characteristics, developing intuitive interfaces (like natural language and haptic feedback combinations), and employing advanced control strategies such as adaptive admittance control and variable stiffness dynamical systems to enhance user experience and task efficiency. This field holds significant promise for applications ranging from surgical training and robotic-assisted surgery to manufacturing and virtual reality, improving both human-robot collaboration and human performance in complex tasks.