Archive: May 2022
Smart robot skin gives tactile awareness
A range of skin-like, smart fabric-based coverings that can give tactile awareness for robots and prosthetics has been launched by BeBop Sensors.
Self-powered fabric can help correct posture
Prolonged poor posture, such as slouching or leaning to one side, can lead to pain and discomfort.
Invisible, machine-washable solar cells for clothing
Researchers in Finland have developed invisible, machine-washable solar cell technology for clothing.
Textiles with embedded fluidics for HMI
In a world increasingly dominated by visual and auditory information exchange, MotorSkins’ morphing textile surfaces are bringing back touch as a way to interact with...
Smart socks help people living with dementia
Smart socks that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the well-being of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that...
Robotic sleeve for lymphoedema treatment
Canadian researchers from the University of Waterloo’s Microfluidics Laboratory and Diesel Biomechanics Laboratory, Breast Rehab and Myant have developed a soft robotic sleeve for the...
Smart diaper for bedside urine testing
Researchers in China have designed a flexible sensor that fits in a diaper, measures multiple components in urine and can share those results over Bluetooth...
Autonomous knitting creates soft robotic ‘banana fingers’
US scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a rapid design and fabrication tool to create a glove containing soft pneumatic actuators.