Editing Haptic technology (section)

==== Teleoperation ====
[[Teleoperation|Teleoperators]] are remote controlled robotic tools. When the operator is given feedback on the forces involved, this is called ''haptic teleoperation''. The first electrically actuated teleoperators were built in the 1950s at the [[Argonne National Laboratory]] by [[Raymond Goertz]] to remotely handle radioactive substances.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goertz |first=R.C. |date=1952-11-01 |title=Fundamentals of general purpose remote manipulators |journal=Nucleonics |volume=10 |pages=36–42}}</ref> Since then, the use of force feedback has become more widespread in other kinds of teleoperators, such as remote-controlled underwater exploration devices.

Devices such as medical [[simulation|simulators]] and [[flight simulator]]s ideally provide the force feedback that would be felt in real life. Simulated forces are generated using haptic operator controls, allowing data representing touch sensations to be saved or played back.<ref>Feyzabadi, S.; Straube, S.; Folgheraiter, M.; Kirchner, E.A.; Su Kyoung Kim; Albiez, J.C., "[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Albiez/publication/259597133_Human_Force_Discrimination_during_Active_Arm_Motion_for_Force_Feedback_Design/links/00b7d52cd8522e50aa000000.pdf Human Force Discrimination during Active Arm Motion for Force Feedback Design]," ''IEEE Transactions on Haptics'', vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 309, 319, July–Sept. 2013</ref>