GuidingHaptics: Asymmetric Vibrations Provide Directional Pulling Forces Used For Guidance
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Abstract
Asymmetric vibrations are known to produce a pulling sensation when stimulating the human hand. This effect has been exploited as a means of guidance. We conducted a user study to compare asymmetric vibrations, simple vibration, and sound cues for guidance in terms of task completion time and mental workload. Mental workload was evaluated (N=22) using the dual-task paradigm with a Stroop test and arithmetic operations test as secondary tasks. Audio cues improved significantly the task completion time for baseline and stroop tasks compared to the other methods. No significant differences were found for the reaction time for the guiding task. The use of audio cues was evaluated as the less mentally demanding guiding method on the NASA-TLX questionnaire.
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APA Format
Donkov, S., Elizondo, S., Ezcurdia, I., Sarasate, I., & Marzo, A. (2024, June). Mental Workload of Guiding Devices: Directional Pulling Forces, Vibrotactile Stimuli and Audio Cues. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (pp. 1-8).
BibTeX Entry
@inproceedings{donkov2024mental,
title={Mental Workload of Guiding Devices: Directional Pulling Forces, Vibrotactile Stimuli and Audio Cues},
author={Donkov, Stefan and Elizondo, Sonia and Ezcurdia, I{\~n}igo and Sarasate, Iosune and Marzo, Asier},
booktitle={Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference on Human Computer Interaction},
pages={1--8},
year={2024}
}