Haptic Feedback Improves ROV Teleoperation but Increases Mental Burden
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A study by Joshua Brown, Ildar Farkhatdinov, and Michael Jenkin, accepted by IEEE Telepresence 2026, had an ROV face controlled lateral water currents in underwater experiments and conveyed environmental information to the operator via a soft vibrotactile touchpad. Results showed that encountering unforeseen lateral currents significantly increased the operator's physical and time demands; haptic feedback alleviated these burdens and improved self-rated performance, but also brought the highest mental demand and frustration. Despite the heavier mental burden, operators still drove the ROV significantly faster under the haptic condition than under the condition with water-current information only.
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A study accepted to IEEE Telepresence 2026 had ROVs face controlled cross-currents in in-water experiments, conveying environmental information to operators through a soft vibrating haptic touchpad. Results showed that encountering an unforeseen cross-current significantly increased operators' physical and temporal demand, and haptic feedback mitigated these burdens and improved self-assessed performance, but also brought the highest mental demand and frustration; nevertheless, operators drove the ROV significantly faster under the haptic condition than under the current-information-only condition.
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