Olejar Books

The active touch perception - known as human haptic perception - is of primary importance for the planning, direction and execution of everyday actions. Thus, the most complex of human sensory systems is becoming of greater and greater importance within varied scientific disciplines as well as in practical industrial fields. This book's international team of authors presents the most comprehensive collection of writings regarding the results of research and practical applications published to date. After an introduction to the theoretical knowledge and historical aspects of the field, the following chapters are dedicated to the neuro-physiological basics as well as the psychological and clinical neuro-psychological aspects of haptic perception. Moreover, results of studies into human haptic perception in the fields of virtual haptic and robotics are presented. In the final section, contributions from the applied and industrial sectors document the practical uses of knowledge about the human sense of touch.