Haptics is a field of engineering that is focused on replicating the sense of touch. Simulating the feeling of a surface could make for more immersive entertainment, more edifying educational tools, or more realistic training devices.
Katherine Kuchenbecker, the Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is pushing the field of haptics forward with something she calls "haptography."
