Editorial: Special Issue: Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to the Development and Control of Haptic Devices for Human-in-the-Loop Applications

Building haptic interfaces for human-in-the-loop applications is a profound scientific and technological challenge. It requires developing methods to intuitively channel sensorimotor information between afferent and efferent neural pathways of a human user and inputs and outputs of an external system. In such applications, artificial touch may serve as a virtual extension of the human body to a remote location (e.g., teleoperation) or it can create a perception that an external system is a part of the body (e.g., prosthetics).