Environments For Learning Motor Skills Using Wearable Technologies

This paper discusses work aimed to advance understanding of haptic nonverbal communication (HNVC) and to build environments that take advantage of wearable technologies and simple tactile languages to extend the reach of HNVC and support learning of various skills. Progress includes a taxonomy that organizes extant work on HNVC technologies, a general architecture for an environment oriented to support learning of motor skills using wearable devices, and experimentation in the specific domain of leader-follower dancing. We also discuss collaboration opportunities with other researchers in the Latin American region.