Signal processing for haptic surface modeling: A review

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Antonio Luigi Stefani, Niccolò Bisagno, Andrea Rosani, Nicola Conci, Francesco G. B. De Natale

Published: 2025, Last Modified: 05 Nov 2025Signal Process. Image Commun. 2025EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•We provide a comprehensive survey on haptic surface modeling and data representation.•We introduce an haptic modeling pipeline, mimicking the visual and audio domains.•We analyze and categorize existing research on haptic surface modeling techniques.•We review available datasets and applications for haptic surface modeling research.•We highlight gaps in haptic surface modeling and propose new research directions.