Abstract
The tactile sense of fabrics is one of the technology challenges for the researchers of tactile displays. It is required to present both the mechanical and the thermal stimuli at the same time to reproduce the feeling of fabrics. We propose a novel method to reproduce the fabrics feeling with a different material which surface is roughened by using the process of mold texturization. This type of process has can change not only the surface profile of an object and also the thermal conductivity characteristics. We conducted thermal model simulation experiment and psychological experiment to evaluate the effect of the surface process. The result of both experiments suggested that the certain kinds of material such as a silk cloth and a polystyrene cloth can reproduced by making small cut on an aluminum plate.
