Projektbeschreibung
Ein gestrickter Handschuh wie kein anderer
Tragbare Technologien sind in Mode, und einer der neuesten Trends ist die Soft-Robotik. Ihre anpassungsfähige Morphologie wird durch das flexible Material ermöglicht, aus dem sie hergestellt werden. Elastomere und Textilien sind zwar kostengünstig und effizient, doch sie sind auch sperrig, nicht skalierbar sowie nur begrenzt tragbar und mobil. Um die derzeitigen Nachteile zu überwinden, wird das vom Europäischen Forschungsrat finanzierte Projekt TEXWEAROTS ungebundene, gestrickte, weiche robotergestützte Hilfsmittel erproben. Konkret soll ein gestrickter Roboterhandschuh mit nahtlos integrierter Betätigung, Sensorik und Selbststeuerungsfunktionen entwickelt werden. Fortschritte im digitalen Maschinenstricken werden die Herstellung von 3D-Aktorschalen mit den integrierten Funktionen in monolithischer Weise ermöglichen. Durch den Einsatz neuartiger Technologien und Techniken wird der Handschuh zu einem Durchbruch in der tragbaren Soft-Robotik führen.
Ziel
Wearable soft robotic devices for rehabilitation and motion assistance have emerged in the past decade as promising robotic systems owing to their adaptable morphologies. Soft robotics allow safer human-robot interactions, as opposed to rigid exoskeletons made of metals. Elastomers and textiles have become attractive low-cost and flexible material solutions to build wearable soft robots. Despite their high potential, the demonstrated solutions of previous studies are bulky, unreliable, non-scalable, and have limited portability and mobility. All those drawbacks do not allow practical applications of soft robotic devices for at home assistance and rehabilitation during activities of daily living, where they are intended and most needed. The core objective of TEXWEAROTS is to develop untethered knitted soft robotic assistive devices to overcome current drawbacks related to the wearable soft-robotic system reliability, mobility, sustainability, and integration. TEXWEAROTS focuses on the development of a knitted robotic glove free from bulky components with seamlessly integrated actuation, sensing, and self-powering functionalities. With my solid experience in textile manufacturing, soft sensors, and soft robotics, I will leverage the latest advances in digital machine knitting to manufacture 3D actuator shells with the integrated functionalities in a monolithic manner. This will lead to garment-like customizable textile-based robotic devices which are highly scalable and reliable. Furthermore, I will enable thermally powered fluidic actuation mechanism through integration of soft Peltier cooling functionality which enhances the actuator response time needed for motion assistance applications. TEXWEAROTS combines textile and material science, physiotherapy, robotics, electronics, and biomedical engineering. The proposed novel technologies and manufacturing techniques of the glove will lead to a breakthrough in wearable soft robotics and wearable electronics at wide
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- medical and health sciencesmedical biotechnology
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticssoft robotics
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
Schlüsselbegriffe
Programm/Programme
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Thema/Themen
Finanzierungsplan
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsGastgebende Einrichtung
34469 Maslak, Istanbul
Türkei