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Autonomous Reconfigurable Dynamic Investigation Test-rig on hAptics (ARDITA)

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Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications (EuroHaptics 2018)

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Autonomous Reconfigurable Dynamic Investigation Test-rig on hAptics (ARDITA). It is detailed in its kinematics and methodology. We tested 40 people in order to demonstrate the accuracy of this new device. The ARDITA measurement system was tested on the index fingertip. The results were analyzed from several points of view: fingertip size, area, age of the subjects, and sex. Age (20–40 years old) did not affect the performances, while the length and the sex shown some difference. It was possible to determine the threshold of the tactile sensitivity of subject in healthy: 27 correct answers out 40. The accuracy was better than current screening methods used during the physical inspection for peripheral neuropathy.

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    Maria Laura D’Angelo & Ferdinando Cannella

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  1. University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Domenico Prattichizzo

  2. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Shinoda

  3. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    Hong Z. Tan

  4. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

    Emanuele Ruffaldi

  5. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

    Antonio Frisoli

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D’Angelo, M.L., Cannella, F. (2018). Autonomous Reconfigurable Dynamic Investigation Test-rig on hAptics (ARDITA). In: Prattichizzo, D., Shinoda, H., Tan, H., Ruffaldi, E., Frisoli, A. (eds) Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications. EuroHaptics 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10894. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93399-3_8

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