WiReSens Toolkit: An Open-source Platform towards Accessible Wireless Tactile Sensing
Devin Murphy, Junyi Zhu, Paul Pu Liang, Wojciech Matusik, Yiyue Luo

TL;DR
The WiReSens Toolkit offers an open-source, accessible platform for wireless tactile sensing, enabling easy configuration, calibration, and visualization of resistive sensors for users with limited prior experience.
Contribution
We introduce an open-source toolkit with adaptive hardware and a web GUI that simplifies wireless tactile sensor development and calibration for novices.
Findings
Users configured sensors with over 95% accuracy
Calibration speed improved by 10x over baseline
Enhanced tactile data understanding among users
Abstract
Past research has widely explored the design and fabrication of resistive matrix-based tactile sensors as a means of creating touch-sensitive devices. However, developing portable, adaptive, and long-lasting tactile sensing systems that incorporate these sensors remains challenging for individuals having limited prior experience with them. To address this, we developed the WiReSens Toolkit, an open-source platform for accessible wireless tactile sensing. Central to our approach is adaptive hardware for interfacing with resistive sensors and a web-based GUI that mediates access to complex functionalities for developing scalable tactile sensing systems, including 1) multi-device programming and wireless visualization across three distinct communication protocols 2) autocalibration methods for adaptive sensitivity and 3) intermittent data transmission for low-power operation. We validated…
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Taxonomy
TopicsTactile and Sensory Interactions
