Abstract: An apparatus for emulating user interaction with a touch screen device, including an actuator array having rows and columns of actuator pads, the actuator pads being arranged to interact with a tactile surface of the touch screen of the touch screen device, each actuator pad being configured to generate a touch event on the tactile surface of the touch screen device, an actuator array driver including driving units for each actuator pad, each driving unit configured to receive a control signal for generating the touch event by starting and stopping the touch event of the corresponding actuator pad, and an actuator array controller connected to the actuator array driver, the actuator array controller configured to generate the control signal for the driver.