Description du projet
Un gant tricoté pas comme les autres
Les technologies portables sont à la mode, et l’une des dernières tendances est la robotique molle. Leurs morphologies adaptables sont rendues possibles par le matériau flexible utilisé pour les fabriquer. Si les élastomères et les textiles sont bon marché et efficaces, ils sont encombrants, non évolutifs et leur portabilité et mobilité sont limitées. Le projet TEXWEAROTS, financé par le CER, tentera de mettre au point des dispositifs d’assistance robotique souples, tricotés et mobiles pour surmonter les inconvénients actuels. Plus précisément, il développera un gant robotique tricoté avec des fonctionnalités d’actionnement, de détection et d’autoalimentation intégrées de manière transparente. Les progrès réalisés dans le domaine du tricotage numérique permettront de fabriquer des coques d’actionnement en 3D avec les fonctionnalités intégrées de manière monolithique. Grâce à l’utilisation de nouvelles technologies et techniques, le gant constituera une percée dans le domaine de la robotique molle portable.
Objectif
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
Champ scientifique
- 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
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
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Régime de financement
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsInstitution d’accueil
34469 Maslak, Istanbul
Turquie