Autonomous knitting creates soft robotic ‘banana fingers’
US scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a rapid design and fabrication tool to create a glove containing soft pneumatic actuators. With knitted-in integrated sensors, the glove can be used to power personalised healthcare and smart homes as well as gaming applications.
For the full story, see the June 2022 edition of Smart Textiles & Wearables.
Photo: MIT CSAIL