Humanizing Artificial Touch

John-John Cabibihan is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, in Doha, Qatar. He received the Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering, with specialization in Biorobotics, from the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, in 2007. Concurrent with his Ph.D. studies, he was accepted to the co-tutors PhD programme of the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, France in 2004-2005, where he worked on soft materials at the Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie. In 2021, he completed the Venture Creation and Finance Programmes at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK. Dr. Cabibihan is an inventor in 20 patent families, has over 200 publications and 15 edited books. Dr. Cabibihan was a cofounding Assistant Editor and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Social Robotics. Over the years, his work has focused toward healthcare robotics, specifically in assistive and social robotics for the therapy of children with autism, lifelike prosthetics, bio-inspired tactile sensing, and human-robotic touch and gestures. His works were featured by Nature Materials, MIT Technology Review, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Popular Science, New Scientist, Discovery News, New York Magazine, among others.

• CHAPTER 1 IntroductionPART 1 SkinCHAPTER 2: Human and Artificial Soft SkinsCHAPTER 3: Artificial Skin Materials ModelingCHAPTER 4: Artificial Skin Conformance and ComplianceCHAPTER 5: Artificial Skin Hysteresis, Relaxation, Creep, and RecoveryCHAPTER 6: Subsurface Effects of the Artificial Skin’s ThicknessPART 2 SensingCHAPTER 7: Human and Artificial Tactile SensingCHAPTER 8: Sensing the Fingertip, Object, and Environment ContactCHAPTER 9: Sensing Object Slippage and Reflex ResponseCHAPTER 10: Sensing of Local Object ShapesCHAPTER 11: Sensing of Global Object ShapesPART 3 StructuresCHAPTER 12: Human and Artificial Hand StructuresCHAPTER 13: Artificial Finger and Hand FabricationCHAPTER 14: Artificial Flexible Finger JointsCHAPTER 15: Artificial Underactuated HandsCHAPTER 16: Touch Test for Humanizing Artificial TouchCHAPTER 17: Conclusions