Rebecca Fenton Friesen
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About
Rebecca Fenton Friesen is a researcher advancing the frontiers of haptics—the science of touch—with a focus on medical applications and human perception. Her work centers on how we can translate the nuanced, exploratory touch of a physician’s hands into virtual and robotic systems. A key contribution is her investigation of passive presentation paradigms to approximate active haptic palpation, a critical step for enabling remote or simulated medical exams. She has also characterized the specific haptic information involved in medical neck palpation, informing the design of sensorized gloves and robotic hands for use in regions with a shortage of skilled practitioners. To make high-resolution tactile feedback more accessible, Friesen developed the Soft Haptic Display Toolkit, an open-source, low-cost platform for detailed tactile sensation delivery. Her publications, including those in 2024 and 2025, are already garnering citations, reflecting the timely importance of her work. By bridging the gap between human touch perception and technological design, Friesen is helping to shape a future where virtual and robotic systems can perform traditionally hands-on medical tasks with greater fidelity and accessibility.
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