This lecture series focuses on sense of touch. Our daily lives become more comfortable than previous one thanks to technical advancement (transportation, telecommunication, and infrastructure). We rarely get dirty and injured from daily activities as long as we live an ordinary life.
Such trend makes us reconsider the importance of actual experience. Hands-on workshop is now popular content for most of people, implying direct experience is needed for many people. Direct experience is highly related to touch sense, which is personal and subjective experience.
This lecture introduces the science of haptic experience and also present current haptic technology. Hands-on demo is provided in some lectures in order to attract broader interests from students.