As robots become increasingly ubiquitous and integrated in society, they also have the capacity to take over the fashion industry as well. Researchers are innovating robotic textiles, a specific form of fabric that allows the clothes we wear to keep us healthy and safe.
Inspired by “The Wrong Trousers,” a movie about an advanced pair of pants that let the owner walk on walls and ceilings, researchers in England created “The Right Trousers.” These pants were embedded with electrical pumps that allowed the pants to expand. This promoted blood circulation and helped elderly people with limited mobility have an easier time standing up and going about their daily lives.
Moving ever closer to a futuristic world, robots, material scientists, computer programmers, and fashion designers are coming together to develop advanced robotic textiles at a rapid pace.
Yoel Fink, a material scientist working to develop advanced fashion at MIT states that, “We’re sort of at the pre-iPhone announcement [stage]. It’s very, very exciting.”
Last year scientists, including Fink at MIT, developed computer-programmable threads and built fiber batters made from gel that can be seamlessly embedded into clothing and power robotic textiles. These revolutionary discoveries are signs of our increasingly technological world and how robotics can be used to support human lifestyles.
Innovators report that their work is at its turning point and will soon pave the way for an era where clothing can act as an aide by sensing how your body feels and reacting with a way to help. Here are some examples that are being worked on: pants that help impaired people stand, athletic socks that use automatic compression to help athletes with blood flow, maternity clothing that can track fetal heart rates, and clothes with automatic heating and cooling systems to respond to intense temperatures in an age of climate change.
Smart textiles are also connected to everyday cell phones. In recent years Google started the Jacquard Project, partnering with fashion companies including Levi’s, Yves Saint Laurent and Adidas to put sensors in everyday clothing to access their phone instantly. For example, a user could swipe their sleeve to change the song.
These new innovations in the fashion industry will undoubtedly integrate into everyday lives of humans, appear on runways, and revolutionize our lifestyles. In the near future, every person may have a robotic textile item in their closet.
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https://news.mit.edu/2021/fibers-breath-regulating-1015
Inspired by “The Wrong Trousers,” a movie about an advanced pair of pants that let the owner walk on walls and ceilings, researchers in England created “The Right Trousers.” These pants were embedded with electrical pumps that allowed the pants to expand. This promoted blood circulation and helped elderly people with limited mobility have an easier time standing up and going about their daily lives.
Moving ever closer to a futuristic world, robots, material scientists, computer programmers, and fashion designers are coming together to develop advanced robotic textiles at a rapid pace.
Yoel Fink, a material scientist working to develop advanced fashion at MIT states that, “We’re sort of at the pre-iPhone announcement [stage]. It’s very, very exciting.”
Last year scientists, including Fink at MIT, developed computer-programmable threads and built fiber batters made from gel that can be seamlessly embedded into clothing and power robotic textiles. These revolutionary discoveries are signs of our increasingly technological world and how robotics can be used to support human lifestyles.
Innovators report that their work is at its turning point and will soon pave the way for an era where clothing can act as an aide by sensing how your body feels and reacting with a way to help. Here are some examples that are being worked on: pants that help impaired people stand, athletic socks that use automatic compression to help athletes with blood flow, maternity clothing that can track fetal heart rates, and clothes with automatic heating and cooling systems to respond to intense temperatures in an age of climate change.
Smart textiles are also connected to everyday cell phones. In recent years Google started the Jacquard Project, partnering with fashion companies including Levi’s, Yves Saint Laurent and Adidas to put sensors in everyday clothing to access their phone instantly. For example, a user could swipe their sleeve to change the song.
These new innovations in the fashion industry will undoubtedly integrate into everyday lives of humans, appear on runways, and revolutionize our lifestyles. In the near future, every person may have a robotic textile item in their closet.
Source: https://s3.amazonaws.com/appforest_uf/f1659262340718x970872137187247100/Shapeshifting%2C%20robotic%20clothes%20could%20help%20people%20stand%20up%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post.pdf
https://news.mit.edu/2021/fibers-breath-regulating-1015
