Workshop Event 1

Haptics is the perception of the mechanical interaction between the body and the environment. Therefore, it is influenced not only by the touched object but also by the mechanical properties of one’s own skin, cognitive processing, and movement. The structure of the skin has characteristics that are advantageous for haptic perception, and movement and tactile sensation have a bidirectional relationship, where people adjust their movements according to the purpose, environment, and object. People have unique characteristics for haptic perception and flexibly utilize their bodies. This also leads to individual differences in haptics. Exploring perceptual mechanisms based on these internal human characteristics provides important insights for sensory evaluation and human-interface research, contributing to the development of technology harmonized with humans and improving the effect. This workshop aims to explore the relationships between haptic perception, skin properties, cognitive processing, and movement strategies, involving the discussion of measurement systems and experimental analysis methods that capture individual haptic information.