Document Type
Pre-Print
Publication Date
2026
Abstract
Stiffness perception has previously been shown to be influenced by damping. This work addresses open questions about what damping conditions are best for enabling classification of virtual walls by their stiffness. Through a forced-choice classification experiment with 12 participants, we found that the highest mean classification performance (in terms of both information transfer and percent correct responses) occurred when freespace damping matched wall damping, rather than being higher or lower. However, statistically significant differences did not appear between the closest damping values employed, suggesting that the effects do not become pronounced until the damping is quite mismatched.
DOI
10.1109/HAPTICS66823.2026.11495487
Repository Citation
Toland, M., Bourgeois, M., & Treadway, E. (2026). Effects of matched freespace and wall damping on stiffness perception. 2026 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/haptics66823.2026.11495487
Publication Information
2026 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS)