Haptic Feedback

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Haptic feedback studies how devices can communicate contact, force, texture, stiffness, and guidance through the skin or through motion-resisting interfaces. Approaches include wearable vibration, pneumatic and electrostatic displays, force-feedback exoskeletons, and control methods that keep simulated or remote interactions stable and responsive. Applications span virtual reality, robotic teleoperation, surgery, rehabilitation, assistive devices, and tactile input for robot learning. A central challenge is balancing perceptual realism and useful spatial detail with device comfort, cost, latency, safety, and reliable performance across users and tasks.

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  1. A Biomimetic Myoelectric Tentacle Prosthesis with Sensorless Object Detection and Vibrotactile Feedback

    Jul 9, 2026Gabrielle Marion, Olivier Lecompte, Amandine Gesta +2Haptic FeedbackAssistive Robotics

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

  2. Manual, Joystick, or Haptic Control? An In Vitro Comparison of Navigation Strategies for Robotic Interventional Neuroradiology Procedures

    Jul 8, 2026Benjamin Jackson, Nikola Fischer, Harry Robershaw +16Robot TeleoperationHuman-in-the-Loop Evaluation

    School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, UK

  3. Power from Potential: A Survey of Electrostatic Actuators for Haptics

    Jul 6, 2026Ahad M. Rauf, Ran Zhou, Eric Acome +5Haptic Feedback

    Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America · Division of Media Technology and Interaction Design at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden · Artimus Robotics, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America +4

  4. The N2D Haptic Glove: A Multi-Finger Glove for 2D Directional Force Feedback for Contact Rich Manipulation

    Jun 12, 2026Yao-Ting Huang, Jake Honma, Omar Hernandez +4Contact-Rich Robotic ManipulationRobot Teleoperation

    Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. · Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. · Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

  5. SC-MFJ: A Simple Haptic Quality Metric for Medical Image Segmentation

    Jun 4, 2026Souraj Adhikary, Negar Chabi, Andre MastmeyerMedical Image AnalysisHaptic Feedback

    Jade University of Applied Sciences Friedrich-Paffrath-Str. 101 26389 Wilhelmshaven, Germany

  6. Wave Focusing in Metamaterials: Tactile Displays Beyond the Diffraction Limit

    Jun 4, 2026Gregory Reardon, Max Linnander, Dustin Goetz +2Haptic FeedbackMaterials Science

    1Media Arts and3DepartmentTechnologyof ElectricalProgram, 2Departmentand ComputerofEngineering,Mechanical Engineering, 4University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. · 2Departmentand ComputerofEngineering,Mechanical Engineering, 4University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. · 3DepartmentTechnologyof ElectricalProgram, 2Departmentand ComputerofEngineering,Mechanical Engineering, 4University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

  7. Selecting haptic guidance models in teleoperation: guidelines from a comparative user study

    Jun 2, 2026Alexis Boulay, Margot Vulliez, David DaneyRobot TeleoperationHaptic Feedback

    AUCTUS · Farm3, Besançon, France · Auctus Team, Inria, Talence, France

  8. Literary Emotions in Motion: A Soft Robotics Installation for Tactile Storytelling

    May 29, 2026Carolina Silva-Plata, Abraham Villavicencio-Carmona, Miguel Silva Plata +2Interactive StorytellingHaptic Feedback

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. · Independent Researcher, Santiago, Chile. · Bolivian Catholic University, La Paz, Bolivia. +1

  9. Series-Parallel Integrated Nonlinear Elastic Actuator applied to the lean motion of a bicycle simulator

    May 29, 2026Christina Kohler, Michiel Plooij, Nuria Peña-Perez +2RoboticsHaptic Feedback

    Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany · Demcon Life Sciences & Health, 2628 Delft, The Netherlands · Hapticlink Technologies, 2611 Delft, The Netherlands +2

  10. Manipulating Tangible Virtual Object Dynamics to Promote Learning of Precision Force Generation

    May 26, 2026Alberto Garzás-Villar, Alba Riera-Cardona, Alexis Derumigny +3Haptic Feedback

    Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628 CD, The Netherlands · Department of Socio-medical Sciences, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3062PA, The Netherlands. · Department of Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628 CD, The Netherlands +1

  11. Haptic Rendering of Fractional-Order Viscoelasticity: Passivity and Rendering Fidelity

    May 11, 2026Gorkem Gemalmaz, Harun Tolasa, Volkan PatogluHaptic Feedback

    Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkiye.

  12. HapticLDM: A Diffusion Model for Text-to-Vibrotactile Generation

    May 11, 2026Jiahao Xiong, Fei Wang, Anran Xu +4Haptic FeedbackConditional Generative Modeling

    Technology Development Center, Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Company Limited, Guangzhou 510535, China · School of Automation and Intelligence, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China · Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA +1

  13. A Visuo-Tactile Data Collection System with Haptic Feedback for Coarse-to-Fine Imitation Learning

    May 9, 2026Yeseung Kim, Nayoung Oh, Jun Park +2Haptic FeedbackImitation Learning

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu Daehak-ro 291, Daejeon 34141, South Korea

  14. AT-VLA: Adaptive Tactile Injection for Enhanced Feedback Reaction in Vision-Language-Action Models

    May 8, 2026Xiaoqi Li, Muhe Cai, Jiadong Xu +5Contact-Rich Robotic ManipulationVLM Adaptation

    School of Computer Science, Peking University · PrimeBot · PKU Lab

  15. TouchDrive: Electronics-Free Tactile Sensing Interface for Assistive Grasping

    May 7, 2026Jing Xu, Xuezhi Niu, Didem Gurdur Broo +1Tactile SensingHaptic Feedback

    Division of Microsystems Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering · Cyber-Physical Systems Lab, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

  16. An Experimental Modular Instrument With a Haptic Feedback Framework for Robotic Surgery Training

    Apr 30, 2026Walid Shaker, Mustafa Suphi ErdenHaptic FeedbackSurgical Robotics

    School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

  17. Real-Time Non-Contact Force Compensation for Wrist-Mounted Force/Torque Sensors in Haptic-Enabled Robotic Surgery Training

    Apr 26, 2026Walid Shaker, Mustafa Suphi ErdenRecursive Least SquaresHaptic Feedback

    School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

  18. Otherness as a Quality in Designing Expressive Robotic Touch

    Apr 25, 2026Ran Zhou, Laurens Boer, Daniel Leithinger +1RoboticsHaptic Feedback

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology · IT University of Copenhagen · Cornell University

  19. Vibrotactile Preference Learning: Uncertainty-Aware Preference Learning for Personalized Vibration Feedback

    Apr 22, 2026Rongtao Zhang, Xin Zhu, Masoume Pourebadi Khotbehsara +3Pairwise Preference LearningActive Preference Learning

    Department of Computer Science University of Southern California Los Angeles, California, USA

  20. MFE: A Multimodal Hand Exoskeleton with Interactive Force, Pressure and Thermo-haptic Feedback

    Apr 3, 2026Ziyuan Tang, Yitian Guo, Chenxi XiaoHaptic Feedback

    School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China

  21. A soft and lightweight fabric-based pneumatic interface for multimodal fingertip tactile feedback

    Apr 1, 2026Rui Chen, Daniele Leonardis, Antonio FrisoliPneumatic ActuationHaptic Feedback

    Institute of Mechanical Intelligence, School of Advanced Studies Sant’Anna (SSSA), 56127 Pisa, Italy.

  22. A wearable haptic device for edge and surface simulation

    Apr 1, 2026Rui Chen, Xianlong Mai, Alireza Sanaei +3Haptic FeedbackVirtual Reality

    Institute of Mechanical Intelligence, School of Advanced Studies Sant’Anna (SSSA), 56127 Pisa, Italy. · CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Institute of Humanoid Robots, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

  23. HapCompass: A Rotational Haptic Device for Contact-Rich Robotic Teleoperation

    Mar 31, 2026Xiangshan Tan, Jingtian Ji, Tianchong Jiang +2Haptic Feedback for Robot TeleoperationHaptic Feedback

    Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC) · University of Chicago

  24. Optimal Prioritized Dissipation and Closed-Form Damping Limitation under Actuator Constraints for Haptic Interfaces

    Mar 27, 2026Camilla Celli, Andrea Bini, Valerio Novelli +3Haptic FeedbackPassivity-Based Control

    Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, IIM Institute, PERCRO Laboratory, Pisa, Italy · Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Pisa, Italy

  25. OmniVTA: Visuo-Tactile World Modeling for Contact-Rich Robotic Manipulation

    Mar 19, 2026Yuhang Zheng, Songen Gu, Yupeng Zheng +11Contact-Rich Robotic ManipulationTactile World Models

    National University of Singapore · Fudan University · CASIA +4

  26. Thermopneumatic Pixels: Fast, Localized, Robust, Low-Voltage Touch Feedback

    Mar 17, 2026Max Linnander, Yon VisellHaptic FeedbackPneumatic Actuation

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106 USA

  27. ArrayTac: A Closed-Loop Piezoelectric Tactile Platform for Continuously Tunable Rendering of Shape, Stiffness, and Friction

    Mar 14, 2026Tianhai Liang, Shiyi Guo, Baiye Cheng +3Haptic Feedback

    Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University; Beijing, China. · Pokebot Inc.; Beijing, China. · School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan, China. +1

  28. Skill-informed Data-driven Haptic Nudges for High-dimensional Human Motor Learning

    Mar 13, 2026Ankur Kamboj, Rajiv Ranganathan, Xiaobo Tan +1Haptic Feedback

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, USA. · Department of Kinesiology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, USA.

  29. Therapist-Robot-Patient Physical Interaction is Worth a Thousand Words: Enabling Intuitive Therapist Guidance via Remote Haptic Control

    Feb 25, 2026Beatrice Luciani, Alex van den Berg, Matti Lang +2Upper-Limb ExoskeletonsHuman-Robot Interaction

    Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands · Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

  30. Robust Immersive Bilateral Teleoperation of Beyond-Human-Scale Systems with Enhanced Transparency and Sense of Embodiment

    May 20, 2025Mahdi Hejrati, Pauli Mustalahti, Jouni MattilaRobot TeleoperationRobust Control

    Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland