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EMG-Driven Stiffness-Modulating Palpation for Telerehabilitation

Human-Computer Interaction 2025-06-16 v2
Authors: Thomas M. Kwok , Hilary HY Cheng , Wai Tuck Chow
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Abstract

In this work, we introduce HJ-Pal, a lightweight wearable haptic device that leverages EMG-driven honeycomb jamming to render muscle activation as kinesthetic feedback, enabling remote palpation for small muscle assessment in telerehabilitation.

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@article{arxiv.2506.08303,
  title  = {EMG-Driven Stiffness-Modulating Palpation for Telerehabilitation},
  author = {Thomas M. Kwok and Hilary HY Cheng and Wai Tuck Chow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.08303},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Accepted by the Workshop on Human-Robot Contact and Manipulation (HRCM 2025) at RSS Conference 2025

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