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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Neuroscience
    • Rehabilitation Engineering

    Background:

    • Restoring tactile sensation, specifically stiffness perception, is crucial for prosthetic users.
    • Non-invasive haptic feedback methods are needed to improve prosthetic functionality.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate a wearable vibrotactile system for conveying object stiffness.
    • To compare two encoding strategies (Proposed Spatiotemporal Encoding and Circular Encoding) and two stimulation sites (upper arm and forearm).

    Main Methods:

    • Ten healthy participants performed stiffness-discrimination tasks using vibrotactile cues.
    • Two encoding strategies and two anatomical locations were tested.
    • Classification accuracy (CA), information transfer (IT), and NASA-TLX scores were measured.

    Main Results:

    • The Proposed Spatiotemporal Encoding strategy significantly outperformed Circular Encoding at both upper arm and forearm sites.
    • The upper-arm-proposed configuration achieved the highest performance (CA: 97.75%, IT: 1.84 bit/s).
    • The proposed strategy resulted in lower mental workload and superior perceptual clarity, with positive results in a transradial amputee.

    Conclusions:

    • Encoding strategy and stimulation site are critical for effective haptic interface design.
    • Spatially distributed, non-invasive vibrotactile feedback can enhance tactile perception in prosthetic applications.
    • The proposed system shows feasibility for improving prosthetic user experience.