Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface

Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe interactions with human. With the emerging wearable electronics, higher tactility and skin affinity are pursued for saf...

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Main Authors: Xiong, Jiaqing, Chen, Jian, Lee, Pooi See
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1487712023-07-14T16:03:07Z Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface Xiong, Jiaqing Chen, Jian Lee, Pooi See School of Materials Science and Engineering Engineering::Materials Actuators Sensors Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe interactions with human. With the emerging wearable electronics, higher tactility and skin affinity are pursued for safe and user-friendly human-robot interactions. Fabrics interlocked by fibers perform traditional static functions such as warming, protection, and fashion. Recently, dynamic fibers and fabrics are favorable to deliver active stimulus responses such as sensing and actuating abilities for soft-robots and wearables. First, the responsive mechanisms of fiber/fabric actuators and their performances under various external stimuli are reviewed. Fiber/yarn-based artificial muscles for soft-robots manipulation and assistance in human motion are discussed, as well as smart clothes for improving human perception. Second, the geometric designs, fabrications, mechanisms, and functions of fibers/fabrics for sensing and energy harvesting from the human body and environments are summarized. Effective integration between the electronic components with garments, human skin, and living organisms is illustrated, presenting multifunctional platforms with self-powered potential for human-robot interactions and biomedicine. Lastly, the relationships between robotic/wearable fibers/fabrics and the external stimuli, together with the challenges and possible routes for revolutionizing the robotic fibers/fabrics and wearables in this new era are proposed. National Research Foundation (NRF) Published version 2021-05-20T09:12:01Z 2021-05-20T09:12:01Z 2020 Journal Article Xiong, J., Chen, J. & Lee, P. S. (2020). Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface. Advanced Materials, 33(19), e2002640-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002640 0935-9648 0000-0003-1383-1623 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148771 10.1002/adma.202002640 33025662 2-s2.0-85092075207 19 33 e2002640 en National Research Foundation Investigatorship/NRF-NRFI2016-05 Competitive Research Programme /NRF-CRP13-2014-02 Advanced Materials © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. application/pdf
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Lee, Pooi See
Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface
description Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe interactions with human. With the emerging wearable electronics, higher tactility and skin affinity are pursued for safe and user-friendly human-robot interactions. Fabrics interlocked by fibers perform traditional static functions such as warming, protection, and fashion. Recently, dynamic fibers and fabrics are favorable to deliver active stimulus responses such as sensing and actuating abilities for soft-robots and wearables. First, the responsive mechanisms of fiber/fabric actuators and their performances under various external stimuli are reviewed. Fiber/yarn-based artificial muscles for soft-robots manipulation and assistance in human motion are discussed, as well as smart clothes for improving human perception. Second, the geometric designs, fabrications, mechanisms, and functions of fibers/fabrics for sensing and energy harvesting from the human body and environments are summarized. Effective integration between the electronic components with garments, human skin, and living organisms is illustrated, presenting multifunctional platforms with self-powered potential for human-robot interactions and biomedicine. Lastly, the relationships between robotic/wearable fibers/fabrics and the external stimuli, together with the challenges and possible routes for revolutionizing the robotic fibers/fabrics and wearables in this new era are proposed.
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title Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface
title_short Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface
title_full Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface
title_fullStr Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface
title_full_unstemmed Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface
title_sort functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human-robot interface
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