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HaptiNet: Networked Haptic Robots Enable Physical Co-presence in Geographically-Unconstrained Rehabilitation

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 4, 2026 · UTC

Cooperative rehabilitation enhances engagement, task performance, and social-motor interaction, yet it demands physical co-presence: users must transmit forces, coordinate movements, and infer intent through haptic contact. Telerehabilitation promises to expand access for patients constrained by distance, mobility, or clinical disparities, yet current techniques remain predominantly audiovisual while leaving users haptically and physically isolated. Here, we introduce HaptiNet, a networked haptic robotic system enabling physical co-presence for geographically distributed users via force-mediat

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