JURNAL ELEKTRO
Vol 18 No 2 (2025): Jurnal Elektro: October 2025

Magnetic Tactile Display for Heartbeat Emulation

Idris, Reuben Louis (Unknown)
Wijayanti, Linda (Unknown)
Mylyadi, Melisa (Unknown)
Octaviani, Sandra (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Mar 2026

Abstract

Recently, humanoid robots have developed rapidly and have the potential to become a medical innovation, enhancing human interaction. The ability to realistically mimic a heartbeat is a key feature under development. This research aims to design a ferrofluid-based magnetic tactile display to represent a heartbeat in a humanoid robot. This system utilizes an electromagnetic matrix, ferrofluid, and an Arduino Uno as a magnetic flield controller. Electrocardiogram (ECG) data is used to represent various heart rate patterns, such as normal, bradycardia, and tachycardia. The development results indicate that the magnetic tactile display is capable of providing tactile feedback that corresponds to the heart rate pattern. This device mimics heartbeats based on ECG data by controlling ferrofluid through magnetic field settings, allowing users to feel it tactilely. Testing using an accelerometer sensor shows that the system can replicate normal heartbeats and bradycardia with a small average time difference of 4.52% and 3.93%, respectively. However, in tachycardia, there were difficulties in handling rapid interval changes, resulting in a time error of 31.67%. The results of this study indicate that magnetic tactile displays have great potential in physiological emulation in humanoid robots.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jte

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

Jurnal Elektro diterbitkan oleh Program Studi Teknik Elektro, Fakultas Teknik Unika Atma Jaya Jakarta. Jurnal Elektro terbuka untuk penelitian dalam bidang-bidang teknik elektro seperti elektro arus kuat, elektronika, sistem kontrol atau kendali, telekomunikasi, komputer dan berbagai sub topik yang ...