An extensible software library for developing tactile perception experiments

A system was designed to reduce the time undergraduate student researchers spend programming while developing tactile perception experiments. The system allows students to program in Matlab, a high-level, interpreted language, and captures functionality common to most experiments in an easily extensible library. To further aid the student, an experiment template that illustrates the structure of a typical experiment is provided. The effectiveness of the system was evaluated by implementing a real-world experiment for measuring the 2-point error of localization of touch on the hand. The experience indicates a decrease in the total programming time and suggests the potential usefulness of interpreters and converters in general software development.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Meghani, Samir V. (Samir Vijay), 1983-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Mandayam A. Srinivasan.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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en_US

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28480

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/28480