WatchForce: Wearables Can Tell How Strong You Grasp From Your Wrist

July 1, 2026·
Lingde Hu
Equal contribution
Wenbo Zhang
Wenbo Zhang
Equal contribution
,
Seokmin Choi
,
Yang Gao
,
Zhanpeng Jin
· 1 min read
Abstract
WatchForce studies wrist-worn sensing for estimating grasp force, extending wearable intelligence toward physical interaction understanding.
Type
Publication
In Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
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WatchForce explores whether everyday wearable signals from the wrist can reveal grasp force, supporting unobtrusive assessment of hand-object interaction.

Wearable Sensing Physical Interaction Mobile Health
Authors
Lingde Hu
Wenbo Zhang
Authors
Wenbo Zhang
PhD Candidate at SCUT
Visiting Researcher at UCL, 2026
I develop human-centered wearable systems that recover consequential physical states from multimodal sensing and turn them into useful feedback and interaction.
Authors
Seokmin Choi
Authors
Yang Gao
Authors
Zhanpeng Jin