Haptic materials from physics to perception

Our workshop will bring and connect research from different fields to provide a more holistic understanding of haptic material perception.

In daily life, we touch and manipulate objects of different materials to gather information and make decisions based on material properties. While these day-to-day interactions seem trivial, they underlie complex multilevel interactions spanning from physical material properties to skin features and various cognitive factors. Thus, understanding how haptic material perception is formed based on these interactions at different levels and physical scales requires research from many fields, including chemistry, physics, psychology, and engineering. Therefore, it takes a joint interdisciplinary effort and holistic approaches to solve the puzzle of haptic material perception and develop applications.

With the invited talks of experts from different fields, we will discuss haptic material perception from the window of material science, psychology, and engineering. We will weave the knowledge and methods of these fields about material, skin, and cognitive characteristics into a general understanding of material perception.