The current Haptics Research students were featured on the college Facebook and LinkedIn pages...

Here, the cane is being used in an experiment to determine if it's more effective for avoiding obstacles (all those empty cardboard...

Summa Pasupulati (pictured) and Will Cleveland presented their recent data on the efficacy of the haptic enhanced white cane at the 2024...

...at the 2023 Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium. This newest project is in development... and soon to be beta-tested.

Maddy has been a great help to us as we refine our project... thank you, Maddy!

Ben is navigating the science building hallways at Northeastern Illinois University relying only on HAPTICS. I try to confuse him... but...

When Sybil tried the Proximity Jacket, she did absolutely wonderfully...She was able to navigate through several hallways in the NEIU...

Adilenne talks about her experience navigating hallways in our building guided only by the Proximity Jacket prototype... and how quickly...

Haynes Rosson, a Lake Forest College student working in our lab, just completed a study to determine which haptic stimuli are perceived...

As we improve our software, our volunteers are finding it easier and more intuitive to rely on haptics to guide them. Here, Adillene is...

We're steadily improving our Proximity Jacket. Watch this young volunteer walk around a crooked wall, guided by our haptic jacket that...

Can vibrations help when vision is missing? We are testing the latest version of our distance sensing hardware and software. This student...

We are building our third generation Proximity Jacket. Or, as some of our young people call it, "the magic jacket".

Two wonderful young ladies ages 7 and 9, visited our lab. They were interested in learning about our mobility aids and anxious to try...

The blindfolded students in this video are testing an improved prototype mobility jacket. The jacket has sensors that let the students...

Scientific research shows what without visual cues, people tend to walk in circles. Our proximity jackets help eliminate this problem.

In this video you will see our research team testing our haptic collusion avoidance devices. Using distance sensors and intricate...

Research on human perception is an important part of our work. Here, students in our lab are testing the newest computer chips and haptic...

Our largest current project is a mobility aid that combines haptics with cutting edge computer technology. As soon as our next generation...