At #IASAT2025, Merle Fairhurst's poster explores the dual roles of touch in healthcare: as a social bridge in clinical care and as a therapeutic tool in haptic-based rehab. Understanding the difference matters, for science and better patient outcomes. iasat2025.uni-jena.de
Exciting poster session today at #IASAT2025. Looking forward to presenting tomorrow at the symposium on Digital Social Touch
What if a robot could feel emotion through touch? At #IASAT2025, Rachael Bevill Burns presents HERA: a koala-like robot for autistic children that senses and responds to social touch. iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#AffectiveComputing #SocialRobots
Do robots really touch us back? Mark Paterson (University of Pittsburgh) brings theory & case studies to #IASAT2025, asking what makes mediated touch truly social.
Don’t miss our symposium: iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#SocialRobots #Haptics #HRI
Feeling connected in VR? @irenevalori.bsky.social’s talk at #IASAT2025 explores pseudo-haptics and how visual illusions of touch in VR boost co-presence and emotional connection.
iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#VR #SocialTouch #PseudoHaptics
Can an avatar truly touch you? Jan van Erp (#TNO & @utwente.bsky.social) joins #IASAT2025 to explore embodiment, telepresence, and social presence through touchable avatars.
Join our symposium on digital social touch: iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#XR #HumanTouch #Avatars
How do we design touch that connects? In our #IASAT2025 symposium, @gijs.bsky.social (tudelfttnw.bsky.social) explores social touch as fundamentally interactive, not just a signal to replicate but a relation to design. iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#Haptics #DigitalTouch
At #IASAT2025, our symposium explores how haptics, VR, and social robotics reshape what it means to touch and be touched, from avatars to empathetic robots.
Co-organised by @gijs.bsky.social (TU Delft) and @MerleFairhurst (@tudresden.bsky.social)
iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#Haptics #SocialTouch
Join us on June 11th at #IASAT25 for our symposium: “New frontiers and future considerations for digital social touch”
More details here: iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#IASAT2025 #SocialTouch #DigitalHaptics
