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Welcome to the world of haptics for industrial applications

06-20-2007 · EurekAlert!

Firstly, what is "Haptics"? This term means "of or relating to the sense of touch." Haptic technology, or haptics, refers to the technology that connects the user to a computerized system via the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations and/or motions to the user.

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