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haptics /hap·tics/ (-tiks) the study of the sense of touch.
hap·tics (hptks)
n.
The science that deals with the sense of touch.
haptics
[hap′tiks]
Etymology: Gk, haptein, to grasp
the science concerned with studying the sense of touch. haptic, adj.
haptics [hap´tiks]
the study of the sense of touch.
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Instead of technical bells and whistles, sensual moments such as haptics are top priority.
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To enable a robot to understand and correctly respond to various forms of human touch, the researchers will combine techniques from natural language processing and haptics, a scientific term to describe the computerized sense of touch.
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Northumberland's UK Haptics expects to raise the cash by June this year which it will use to fuel a move from its Rothbury headquarters into Newcastle and create 40 high-end programming jobs.
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