A Collection of Contemporary Research Articles in Electronics, Communication & Computation- Book ISBN- 978-81-948050-7-6

Authors: Shalini Mukhopadhyay, Jayendra Kumar, Ankita Rayon, Shalini Priya

Abstract: Haptic technology has enabled rapid advancements in human-computer interactions and has opened up a wider spectrum of applications such as gaming, interactive computing, robotics, medical equipment advancements and many more. The study of haptic devices is an emerging area of interest among researchers due to its close relation to the very widely explored domain of robotics and artificial intelligence. The various types of haptic feedback- tactile, kinesthetic, force feedbacks, have been utilized in different applications. The electromyogram (EMG) signal depicting the electrical activity of muscles has been utilized in haptic systems in the form of feedback, and there have been various developments in haptic devices as well as EMG signal processing in recent years. This study presents a brief review of the basic concepts of haptics, EMG, the recent advancements in these fields, and the present state of research applying the combination of haptics and EMG together to obtain enhanced outputs that can be utilized across various applications.

Keywords: Haptics, Tactile actuation, Kinesthetics, Force feedback, Electromyogram (EMG).