Robotic Fabric Gives Objects Movement
Oct-13-14
The robotic fabric from Purdue University can be placed over existing objects, and could lead to assistive clothing for athletes, soldiers, astronauts—and even regular people.The fabric, in development by assistant professor Rebecca Kramer and her team at Purdue's Faboratory, is made of cotton woven through with flexible sensors and a shape memory alloy. Heating the alloy will cause it to revert to its coiled state, prompting the fabric to move. By arranging the alloy in different configurations, the direction of the fabric's motions can be controlled.
The fabric could provide assistance to disabled people, help astronauts alleviate the effects of acceleration, allow soldiers to carry heavy loads more easily or even let people build a robot quickly by wrapping the fabric around objects to create locomotion or stability.
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when was this made I want more information
Posted by zain chaudhary on November 24, 2014
sponge needs to be high quality, that's what my father said
Posted by imran rana on November 24, 2014
I like the idea i see it as a success.
Posted by john smith on November 25, 2014
I m really interested in it.
Posted by jahed uddin on November 27, 2014
my dad said he wants one
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