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    • Haptic Perception
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Robotics

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    • Local surface orientation is a key cue for static haptic shape perception.
    • The role of orientation in dynamic touch has been less understood.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the dominance of local surface orientation in dynamic haptic perception.
    • To compare haptic perception of real versus virtual curved surfaces.
    • To develop a model predicting cue dominance across exploration scales.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a novel robotic apparatus to independently control surface position and orientation.
    • Measured discrimination thresholds for orientation and position cues during active exploration.
    • Compared perception of real and virtual curved surfaces.

    Main Results:

    • Local surface orientation was confirmed as the dominant cue in dynamic haptic exploration.
    • Perception of virtual curved surfaces was comparable to real surfaces.
    • Subjective curvedness was not affected by the availability of height information.

    Conclusions:

    • The dominance of local surface orientation extends to dynamic touch.
    • Virtual curved surfaces can be perceived similarly to real ones.
    • Height information plays a limited role in subjective curvedness perception.