‘Smart Knitting’ to Revolutionize Medicine and Robotics

Today, while the demand for ‘soft robotic’ technology continues to increase day by day, scientists continue to develop this technology. Finally, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) talked about rehabilitation technologies. will break new ground made an innovation.

Scientists from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MITPneuActThey developed a new technology called ‘. Scientists have succeeded in adding soft air pressure stimuli to a knit that, in their own words, is ‘no different than your grandmother’s knitting’. Emerging technology is not just rehabilitation, Being the gateway to new opportunities in many fields became a candidate.

The device that you can feel and grasp wherever you want:

This revolutionary little technology features a seam that responds to tactile stimuli. The seam on the device is the place where it will inflate with air pressure and where the tactile notification will be received. to privatize it allows. Thus, both physical supporting devices for those in need and self-moving robots emerge.

The device is provided to the user via software. flexibility and touch from which seam area it will be detected It offers the possibility to adjust settings such as However, by contact areas to be inflated is also specially selected. After all these settings are made, the yellow weave outside the device is produced by machines. All that remains is to insert the braid into the soft plastic that will inflate with air pressure and turn the device on.

Some of the usage areas of the technology were shown as follows:

• Rehabilitation devices that can be used to provide physical support to people.

• self walking robots

• Grip support for those with hand injuries.