Heather Culbertson

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Heather Culbertson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Human-Computer Interaction and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Culbertson has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 25 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Heather Culbertson's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (36 papers), Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (25 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (18 papers). Heather Culbertson is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (36 papers), Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (25 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (18 papers). Heather Culbertson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Estonia and Germany. Heather Culbertson's co-authors include Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Allison M. Okamura, S. Schorr, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Julie M. Walker, Michael Raitor, Inrak Choi, Alex Olwal, Mark Roman Miller and Sean Follmer and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.

In The Last Decade

Heather Culbertson

48 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Haptics: The Present and Future of Artificial Touch Sensation

2018 262 citations Heather Culbertson, Allison M. Okamura et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Culbertson

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Adding Touch to Immersive Media: An Overview of the MPEG Haptics Coding Standard 2025 ·IEEE Transactions on Haptics ·Philippe Guillotel, Yeshwant K. Muthusamy, (unknown), Eric Vezzoli, (unknown), Iraj Sodagar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthieu Perreira Da Silva, François Bouffard, Heather Culbertson, (unknown), David Gueorguiev	1
2	The Impact of Airflow and Multisensory Feedback on Immersion and Cybersickness in a VR Surfing Simulation 2025 ·IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jason J. Kutch, Heather Culbertson	0
3	Virtual Encounters of the Haptic Kind: Towards a Multi-User VR System for Real-Time Social Touch 2025 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heather Culbertson	0
4	Development and Evaluation of a Learning-Based Model for Real-Time Haptic Texture Rendering 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Haptics ·(unknown), Heather Culbertson, Allison M. Okamura, Jeannette Bohg	6
5	Force-Feedback Through Touch-based Interactions With A Nanocopter 2024 ·(unknown), (unknown), Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Heather Culbertson	5
6	Design and Evaluation of Haptic Guidance in Ultrasound-Based Needle-Insertion Procedures 2023 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Michael Raitor, (unknown), (unknown), Allison M. Okamura, Heather Culbertson	1
7	Towards a Stable 3D Physical Human-Drone Interaction 2023 ·(unknown), (unknown), Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Heather Culbertson	5
8	Dronevision: An Experimental 3D Testbed for Flying Light Specks 2023 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heather Culbertson, Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	8
9	Preference-Driven Texture Modeling Through Interactive Generation and Search 2022 ·IEEE Transactions on Haptics ·(unknown), (unknown), Matthew C. Fontaine, Stefanos Nikolaidis, Heather Culbertson	22
10	Plate-and-Cable (PAC) Haptic Device for Orthopaedic Training 2021 ·(unknown), (unknown), Heather Culbertson, (unknown)	2
11	PATCH: Pump-Actuated Thermal Compression Haptics 2020 ·(unknown), (unknown), Heather Culbertson	11
12	Communicating Robot Goals via Haptic Feedback in Manipulation Tasks 2020 ·(unknown), (unknown), Heather Culbertson, Stefanos Nikolaidis	3
13	Effects of Motion Parameters on Acceptability of Human-Robot Patting Touch 2020 ·(unknown), (unknown), Naomi T. Fitter, Heather Culbertson	7
14	Resonant Frequency Skin Stretch for Wearable Haptics 2019 ·IEEE Transactions on Haptics ·Peter B. Shull, Tian Tan, Heather Culbertson, Xiangyang Zhu, Allison M. Okamura	3
15	Facilitating Human-Mobile Robot Communication via Haptic Feedback and Gesture Teleoperation 2018 ·ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction ·(unknown), Heather Culbertson, Chih‐Wei Tang, (unknown), Allison M. Okamura	10
16	WRAP: Wearable, restricted-aperture pneumatics for haptic guidance 2017 ·Michael Raitor, Julie M. Walker, Allison M. Okamura, Heather Culbertson	50
17	Haptic orientation guidance using two parallel double-gimbal control moment gyroscopes 2017 ·IEEE Transactions on Haptics ·Julie M. Walker, Heather Culbertson, Michael Raitor, Allison M. Okamura	30
18	Importance of Matching Physical Friction, Hardness, and Texture in Creating Realistic Haptic Virtual Surfaces 2016 ·IEEE Transactions on Haptics ·Heather Culbertson, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker	94
19	[D11] The Penn Haptic Texture Toolkit 2014 ·Heather Culbertson, (unknown), Katherine J. Kuchenbecker	4
20	Refined methods for creating realistic haptic virtual textures from tool-mediated contact acceleration data 2012 ·Heather Culbertson, Joseph M. Romano, Pablo Castillo, Max Mintz, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker	45

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