title: Dealing with instability in bimanual and collaborative tasks.
abstract: In the context of unstable tasks, whenever the dynamics of the interaction are unknown, our ability to control an object depends on the predictability of the sensory feedback generated from the physical coupling at the interface with the object. In the case of physical human-human interaction, the haptic sensory feedback plays a primary role in the construction of a shared motor plan, being the channel for the mutual sharing of intentions. The present work addresses the issue of strategy selection in contexts in which instability is arising both from the environment, i.e. controlling a compliant object subject to nonlinear forces, and from the interaction with a partner, i.e. carrying out a bimanual balancing task in the presence of disturbing force-fields.
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Santis
authors.forename: Edwin Johnatan
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Avila Mireles
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Squeri
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morasso
authors.forename: Jacopo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zenzeri
mesh_terms: D056228:Feedback, Sensory; D033182:Intention