Can You Feel Me Now? The Science Of Digitizing Touch
- 28 July 2017
- MPI-IS Stuttgart
- Haptic Intelligence
Scientists are developing tools that allow you to digitally feel textures like wood and cotton.
Listen to this twelve-minute radio show to learn about Katherine J. Kuchenbecker’s research - incorporating the sense of touch into robotic and computer systems. Prof. Kuchenbecker is director of the new department at MPI-IS: "Haptic Intelligence" (Stuttgart location).
Radio show: https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/katherine-j-kuchenbecker/
Producer: Alexa Lim, Science Friday
Photo: by Japanexperterna.se/flickr/Close up person using smartphone