Descrizione del progetto
Un guanto a maglia come nessun altro
Le tecnologie indossabili sono di moda e una delle ultime tendenze è la robotica morbida. L’adattabilità delle morfologie è possibile grazie alla flessibilità del materiale utilizzato per realizzarle. Pur essendo economici ed efficienti, gli elastomeri e i tessuti sono ingombranti, non scalabili e hanno una portabilità e una mobilità limitate. Il progetto TEXWEAROTS, finanziato dal CER, sperimenterà dispositivi ausiliari robotici morbidi a maglia non collegati per superare gli attuali inconvenienti. In particolare, svilupperà un guanto robotico a maglia con funzionalità di attuazione, rilevamento e autoalimentazione perfettamente integrate. I progressi nella lavorazione a maglia digitale consentiranno di produrre strati di attuatori 3D con le funzionalità integrate in modo monolitico. Utilizzando tecnologie e tecniche innovative, il guanto determinerà una svolta nella robotica morbida indossabile.
Obiettivo
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
Campo scientifico
- 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
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsIstituzione ospitante
34469 Maslak, Istanbul
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