Beschreibung
by Prof. Ercan Altinsoy
The Tactile Internet is a key future-oriented field that focuses on real-time communication between humans and machines. Applications of the Tactile Internet require haptic sensor and actuator solutions that are low-latency, lightweight, flexible, easy to use, wearable, and easily integrable. This presentation introduces several wearable haptic interfaces developed by a research team led by the author, employing a range of technologies. Perceptual knowledge and multimodal interaction principles are leveraged to enhance both the hardware capabilities and the design of haptic signals. Multimodal integration models are essentially bridge between “raw data (audio, haptic, visual, olfactory, etc.)” and “human-like understanding for humanoid robotic applications. These advances are enabled through the integration of knowledge and principles from neuroscience and engineering.
Prof. Ercan Altinsoy received the M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Istanbul and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. After receiving his Ph.D. degree, he worked with HEAD acoustics, Germany. Since 2006, he has been with TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, where he is currently a Professor in acoustic and haptic engineering. His research interests include perception-based engineering, haptics, vehicle acoustics, psychoacoustics, vibroacoustics, electroacoustics, whole-body vibrations, product sound, and vibration design, and haptic perception.
Dr. Altinsoy was a member of the International Graduate School for Neuroscience with Ruhr-University Bochum. In 2018, he was awarded a Visiting Professorship from Tohoku University, Japan. He has also Visiting Professorship at Tianjin University, China and at Le Mans University, France. He is a Lothar-Cremer Medalist of the Acoustical Society of Germany, DEGA. He has several patents and he is advisor of several car and household/multimedia appliance manufacturers.