Tactile Labs Inc.
The home of haptic innovation
Serving the haptic community for more than a decade
Serving the haptic community for more than a decade
The home of haptic innovation
Based in Montreal, Tactile Labs Inc. is a non-profit organization bridging the gap between academic innovation and commercial viability. Founded in 2008 by researchers and collaborators from McGill University’s Haptics Laboratory, we take experimental haptic interfaces out of the lab and deliver them to the global research community. As a specialized distributor, we are proud to champion and promote the next generation of haptic products.
To develop, manufacture, distribute and promote pre-competetive and experimental haptic technologies.
To support and conduct research and development activities related to haptic technologies and their applications.
To support the comercialization of haptic technologies through technology transfers to industrial partenrs and spin-off companies.
To acquire, license, create,and protect intellectual properties for haptic technologies.
To produce, maintain ans disseminate technical documentation for haptic technologies developed by the corporation and its members.
Xuan Duan ( PhD’07 McGill University) spent many years working in government institute and university, experienced on haptic research and applications.
She’s been serving as president of Tactile Labs since 2013, in charge of project management, sale, and technical support. She has participated many international
conferences and workshops in haptic fields. She contributes in haptic applications and bridge academic projects to commercial development.
Hsin-Yun Yao (B.Eng.’99 M.Eng.’04 PhD’10). During her graduate studies, she has worked in collaboration with Queen’s University on the developmement of the haptic enhanced surgical probe, and with Immersion Corp. on the vibe tactile perception for mobile devices.
Masashi Nakatani (Ph.D’08, The University of Tokyo ) is a haptic scientist and neuroscientist at Keio University, Japan. He has experience in tactile evaluation from the cosmetics industry and in skin science research on Merkel cells from his postdoctoral work at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.