ABSTRACT
A tactile display comprises vibrating actuators or tactors that are mounted on the body and stimulate the skin's surface. The implementation of tactile displays must allow dismounted soldiers to be ready to move their weapon to engage an enemy target while being attentive to the terrain and enemy threats. The chapter discusses two useful dismounted applications of tactile cueing, navigation and communication. It describes some of the potential benefits of tactile displays for crewmembers, namely, spatial orientation, navigation, and communication. The chapter addresses the potential for using tactile displays to support human-robotic interaction (HRI). It also describes research in which tactile displays are used alone or as a supplement to visual displays in a wide variety of HRI tasks. The chapter examines applications for warnings and tactical displays, and providing environmental information. Tactile displays are efficient and effective in providing warning information and have also been useful in tactical displays.
