Technology Based On Touch: Haptics Technology

In experiment psychology and physiology, the word haptic refers to the sense of touch. So, haptic technology does for the sense of touch what CG does for vision. Haptic may refer to haptic technology, haptic communication, haptic perception. Haptic technology interfaces with the user through the sense of touch. Haptic communication means by which people and other animals communicate via touching. Haptic perception is the process of recognizing objects through touch. Haptic technologies provide force feedback to users about the physical properties and movements of virtual objects represented by a computer. Currently this involves solving challenging problems in mechanical design, actuators, real time system. Here, we will discuss a distinct property of haptic interfaces, that provides simultaneous exchange of information between a user and a machine. This paper proceeds with a description of the components of haptic devices and use of haptics in our daily life.