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most citedWhy robots? A survey on the roles and benefits of social robots in the therapy of children with autism

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physics.med-ph2015★ 49 cited

Illusory Sense of Human Touch from a Warm and Soft Artificial Hand

John-John Cabibihan, Deepak Joshi, Yeshwin Mysore Srinivasa +2

To touch and be touched are vital to human development, well being, and relationships. However, to those who have lost their arms and hands due to accident or war, touching becomes…

physics.med-ph2014★ 22 cited

Effects of the Artificial Skin Thickness on the Subsurface Pressure Profiles of Flat, Curved, and Braille Surfaces

John-John Cabibihan, Sushil Chauhan, Shruthi Suresh

The primary interface of contact between a robotic or prosthetic hand and the external world is through the artificial skin. To make sense of that contact, tactile sensors are need…

physics.med-ph2011★ 36 cited

Artificial Skin Ridges Enhance Local Tactile Shape Discrimination

Saba Salehi, John-John Cabibihan, Shuzhi Sam Ge

One of the fundamental requirements for an artificial hand to successfully grasp and manipulate an object is to be able to distinguish different objects' shapes and, more specifica…

physics.med-ph2011★ 29 cited

Prosthetic finger phalanges with lifelike skin compliance for low-force social touching interactions

John-John Cabibihan, Raditya Pradipta, Shuzhi Sam Ge

Prosthetic arms and hands that can be controlled by the user's electromyography (EMG) signals are emerging. Eventually, these advanced prosthetic devices will be expected to touch…

physics.med-ph2009

Towards Humanlike Social Touch for Sociable Robotics and Prosthetics: Comparisons on the Compliance, Conformance and Hysteresis of Synthetic and Human Fingertip Skins

John-John Cabibihan, Stephane Pattofatto, Moez Jomaa +2

The artificial hands for sociable robotics and prosthetics are expected to be touched by other people. Because the skin is the main interface during the contact, a need arises to d…