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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Candidate: Shan-Yuan Teng</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Date: Friday, November 17, 2023</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Time: 4 pm CST</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Location: JCL 223</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Title: Enabling Haptic Experiences Anywhere, Anytime</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Abstract: My research is driven by the question: why haptic devices (e.g., interactive devices that create the sense of touch/forces) cannot exhibit properties
that we expect from all our typical interactive devices (phones/wearables/headsets), such as mobility and availability? What fundamental restrictions are limiting the advancement of wearable haptics devices, and more importantly, can we tackle these?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I examine this tension and trace back the possible root causes to the way that haptic devices are currently engineered, and the priorities taken during the
interface design. The root cause is that to deliver realistic & immersive sensations, haptic devices employ large actuators, which leads to two interface issues: (1) extreme power consumption, which causes these devices to have a short-lived life or require
enormous amounts of heavy batteries or even be tethered to power; and (2) cumbersome form factors that obstruct the user’s body and prevent users from engaging in other dexterous tasks (e.g., imagine the challenge: while wearing haptic gloves that provides
tactile feedback for 3D modeling, now the user wants to grab a coffee cup or pick up a pen).</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I propose alternative approaches to engineer haptic devices: (1) utilize the user’s body as the power source for extreme portability; (2) design devices that
respect the user’s context (e.g., do not block the user from other manual tasks). Using these principles, I demonstrate a roadmap towards a new generation of haptics devices that will enable haptic experiences anywhere and anytime.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Advisors: Pedro Lopes</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Committee Members: Pedro Lopes, Ken Nakagaki, and Sean Follmer</span></div>
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