TactorBots: Emotional Touch Toolkit

(2020 - Ongoing)
Role: Industrial Designer and Researcher
Collaborators: Ran Zhao (CU Boulder), Harpreet Sareen (Advisor, Parsons), Daniel Leithinger (Advisor, CU Boulder),

TactorBots is a low cost and easy to use toolkit for the design of touch-based haptics for VR experiences, emotive robotic assistants, passive emotive notifications, and more. Our toolkit includes a web app, javascript library, and 3D-printable wearables that enable designers to integrate sensations such as rubbing, tapping, stroking, and squeezing into their projects.