'Robot fiber' that records muscle movements and reproduces them by others is developed
'Fibers that can sense how much you are stretched or compressed and give tactile feedback to the user' have been newly developed. By using this 'robot fiber' in clothing, it is possible to record the movements of the muscles of athletes and singers and use it for training other people, and it is also thought to be useful for the treatment of respiratory diseases and sleep disorders. I have.
New fibers can make breath-regulating garments | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
You can see what robot fiber looks like by watching the following movie.
Robotic fibers can make breath-monitoring garments --YouTube
Developed by research teams at the Royal University of Technology in Sweden, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Uppsala University, the fibers look like polyester fibers at first glance and can be used as cloth for clothing.
The feature of the newly developed robot fiber is that it can detect its own 'physical movement' and reproduce it as feedback. Therefore, if you repeatedly pull and shrink the cloth on the left side ...
It reproduces similar movements such as the cloth on the right side stretching and shrinking.
The recorded movement is reproduced, and the cloth looks like a hornworm.
The following neckband has three robot fibers in the middle, which can record the movement of the neck muscles. Breathing causes the muscles to move unconsciously and intricately, making it difficult to reproduce consciously, but such bands can help surgically restored patients to regain their ability to breathe.
The newly developed robot fiber is called 'Omni Fiber'.
OmniFiber has a layered structure with a 'fluid channel' in the center, which creates movement by expelling and compressing air from an external system through the fluid channel.
So, it curls up like this ...
You can freely move around, such as loosening.
A silicone-based elastic sensor and polymer are woven into a mesh around the axial fluid channel.
Robot fibers can be sewn using existing commercial machines. The advantage is that the materials are inexpensive and can be introduced into various fabrics relatively easily.
The research team has succeeded in having a singer wear clothes woven with robot fibers, recording muscle movements and data, and reproducing the movements by a person who is not a singer. The focus of this experiment was on 'singer muscle movements,' but similar methods can be used to monitor athletes to better control their breathing, to treat sleep apnea , and to treat depression. It is thought that it can be useful for breathing training in treatment.
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