Subjects |
10 (9 males, 1 female) |
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Task |
pick-and-place of a microbead |
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Conditions |
Kinesthetic + Position-Error feedback (K + Pe) |
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Vibrotactile + Position-Error feedback (Vb + Pe) |
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No force feedback (N) |
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Video |
available as supplemental material
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Best conditions (average) |
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Completion time |
K + Pe (25.78 s) |
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Gripper’s path length |
K + Pe (22.97 mm) |
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Distance between reference and gripper |
Vb + Pe (1.11 mm) |
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Drop-off error |
Vb + Pe (0.76 mm) |
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Perceived effectiveness |
K + Pe (6.52) |
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Statistical analysis (one-way repeated measures ANOVA) |
Completion time (no significant difference) |
Gripper’s path length (p < 0.001, significant p values only) |
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K+Pe vs. N |
p = 0.002 |
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Vb+Pe vs. N |
p < 0.001 |
Distance between reference and gripper (p < 0.001, sig. p values only) |
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K+Pe vs. N |
p < 0.001 |
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Vb+Pe vs. N |
p < 0.001 |
Drop-off error (no significant difference) |
Perceived effectiveness |
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K+Pe vs. Vb+Pe |
p = 0.011 |
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K+Pe vs. N |
p = 0.001 |
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Vb+Pe vs. N |
p = 0.022 |