Editing Telehaptics (section)

== Applications ==
Interaction using telehaptic technology offers a new approach to communication including interpersonal interaction. It can be deployed to carry out telehealth encounters and the so-called [[telerehabilitation]].<ref name="DesigningTelehealth">{{Cite book|title=Designing Telehealth for an Aging Population: A Human Factors Perspective|last=Charness|first=Neil|last2=Demiris|first2=George|last3=Krupinski|first3=Elizabeth|publisher=CRC Press|year=2011|isbn=978-1-4398-2529-7|location=Boca Raton|pages=46}}</ref> Since the technology provides sensed inputs such as brain activity, heartbeats, and breathing, it creates an effective telehealth encounter that can enable real-time examination by a health professional. Telehaptic interactivity is now being integrated in therapy such as in sampling the position of body parts and the provision of resistive forces using telehaptic virtual gloves.<ref name="DesigningTelehealth" /> Once challenges involving the irregularities of the communication network, delay, [[jitter]], and [[packet loss]], among others are addressed, [[Remote surgery|telesurgery]] is also expected to advance.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications: 11th International ..., Part 2|last=Prattichizzo|first=Domenico|last2=Shinoda|first2=Hiroyuki|last3=Tan|first3=Hong|author3-link=Hong Z. Tan|last4=Ruffaldi|first4=Emanuele|last5=Frisoli|first5=Antonio|publisher=Springer|year=2018|isbn=9783319933986|location=Berlin|pages=660}}</ref>

Telehaptic systems are also useful in different handling applications. There are researcher, for instance, who are able to utilize its interfaces to perform actions such as pushing or more complicated tasks that require dexterity like grasping micro-objects.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Precision Assembly Technologies and Systems: 5th IFIP WG 5.5 International Precision Assembly Seminar, IPAS 2010, Chamonix, France, February 14-17, 2010, Proceedings|last=Ratchev|first=Svetan|publisher=Springer|year=2010|isbn=9783642115974|location=Berlin|pages=14}}</ref> That is why, while the technology has not been perfected yet, scientists are optimistic about its potential. It means that telehaptic applications could play an important role in the future of microassembly and biological applications (e.g. handling cells and tissues).<ref name=":0" /> The concept of [[teleoperation]], which involves the remote operation of a machine, demonstrates the potential of telehaptic technology application in the case of risky activities and tasks such as [[Radioactive waste|nuclear waste]] disposal and wreckage exploration.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Genetic and Evolutionary Computing|last=Zin|first=Thi Thi|last2=Lin|first2=Jerry|last3=Pan|first3=Jeng-Shyang|last4=Tin|first4=Pyke|last5=Yokota|first5=Mitsuhiro|publisher=Springer|year=2015|isbn=9783319232065|location=Heidelberg|pages=92}}</ref>