ArrayTac: A Closed-loop Piezoelectric Tactile Platform for Continuously Tunable Rendering of Shape, Stiffness, and Friction
Human touch depends on the integration of shape, stiffness, and friction, yet existing tactile displays cannot render these cues together as continuously tunable, high-fidelity signals for intuitive perception. We present ArrayTac, a closed-loop piezoelectric tactile display that simultaneously renders these three dimensions with continuous tunability on a 4 by 4 actuator array. Each unit integrates a three-stage micro-lever amplifier with end-effector Hall-effect feedback, enabling up to 5 mm displacement, greater than 500 Hz array refresh, and 123 Hz closed-loop bandwidth. In psychophysical experiments, naive participants identified three-dimensional shapes and distinguished multiple stiffness and friction levels through touch alone without training. We further demonstrate image-to-touch rendering from an RGB image and remote palpation of a medical-grade breast tumor phantom over 1,000 km, in which all 11 naive participants correctly identified tumor number and type with sub-centimeter localization error. These results establish ArrayTac as a platform for multidimensional haptic rendering and interaction.
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