Human-Touch wearable armband development for tactile extended reality sensibility = Human-Touch wearable armband development for tactile extended reality sensibility

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In this study, in the era of digital transformation, which has been accelerating since the COVID-19 Pandemic, a human-touch armband that delivers emotions through touch was developed to enable emotional interaction between users present in remote areas. To this end, a soft pneumatic actuator having nine touch surfaces was manufactured using a fabric and a silicone air pouch. Using 9 individually controlled touch surfaces, three basic touch gestures such as touch, double touch, and drag, and three emotional gestures such as patting, hug, and caressing were set, and they were implemented through programming. The developed human touch armband proposed a new possibility of human touch communication and a design as a smart wearable by delivering emotions to distant partners with tactile stimulation, and can be applied to provide tactile expansion reality required in situations where face-to-face contact is limited.