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Conceptual Design of Soft and Transparent Vibrotactile Actuator

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Haptic Interaction (AsiaHaptics 2018)

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This paper reports a soft and transparent vibrotactile actuator which can be easily embedded into small wearable devices. When AC voltage is applied to the actuator, the electroactive polymer gets charged and then generates vibration. Vibration mechanism and experiment results for suggested vibrotactile actuator are explained.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by Technology Innovation Program (10077367, Development of a film-type transparent (≥90%)/stretchable (≥500%) 3D touch sensor (1 kPa –100 kPa)/haptic actuator (~250 Hz, maximum 1 N) combined module and advanced UI/UX) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea). This research was also supported by the Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2018R1A6A1A03025526).

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  1. Interaction Laboratory of Advanced Technology Research Center, Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan, South Korea

    Dong-Soo Choi & Sang-Youn Kim

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  1. Department of Informatics, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Kajimoto

  2. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Dongjun Lee

  3. Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan-si, Ch´ungch´ong-namdo, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang-Youn Kim

  4. Tohoku University, Miyagi, Miyagi, Japan

    Masashi Konyo

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Ki-Uk Kyung

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Choi, DS., Kim, SY. (2019). Conceptual Design of Soft and Transparent Vibrotactile Actuator. In: Kajimoto, H., Lee, D., Kim, SY., Konyo, M., Kyung, KU. (eds) Haptic Interaction. AsiaHaptics 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 535. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3194-7_53

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