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@article{pena-perez_impact_2023,

title = {The Impact of Stiffness in Bimanual Versus Dyadic Interactions Requiring Force Exchange},

author = {Nuria Peña-Pérez and Sharah Abdul Mutalib and Jonathan Eden and Ildar Farkhatdinov and Etienne Burdet},

doi = {10.1109/TOH.2023.3274584},

issn = {2329-4051},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

urldate = {2023-01-01},

journal = {IEEE Transactions on Haptics},

pages = {1–6},

abstract = {During daily activities, humans routinely manipulate objects bimanually or with the help of a partner. This work explored how bimanual and dyadic coordination modes are impacted by the object's stiffness, which conditions inter-limb haptic communication. For this, we recruited twenty healthy participants who performed a virtual task inspired by object handling, where we looked at the initiation of force exchange and its continued maintenance while tracking. Our findings suggest that while individuals and dyads displayed different motor behaviours, which may stem from the dyad's need to estimate their partner's actions, they exhibited similar tracking accuracy. For both coordination modes, increased stiffness resulted in better tracking accuracy and more correlated motions, but required a larger effort through increased average torque. These results suggest that stiffness may be a key consideration in applications such as rehabilitation, where bimanual or external physical assistance is often provided.},

note = {Conference Name: IEEE Transactions on Haptics},

keywords = {bimanual control, Force, Grasping, human-human interaction, Monitoring, object stiffness, Target tracking, Task analysis, Torque, Virtual object manipulation, Wrist},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}