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Textile-based mechanical sensors (TMSs) offer flexible, comfortable, and low-cost solutions for health monitoring and motion recognition. This review highlights their advantages, performance optimization, and future potential in wearable technology and the Internet of Things.

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Wearable Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Textile-based sensors are gaining interest due to flexibility, comfort, and low cost.
  • These sensors monitor human health and exercise by collecting mechanical, physical, and chemical stimuli.
  • Existing research often reviews textile-based sensors broadly; this work focuses specifically on mechanical sensors.

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  • To review textile-based mechanical sensors (TMSs), focusing on their advantages and performance optimization.
  • To introduce different kinds of TMSs based on sensing mechanisms, textile structure, and fabrication strategies.
  • To outline future research directions and challenges for TMSs.

Main Methods:

  • Categorization of TMSs by sensing mechanisms, textile structure, and fabrication strategies.
Keywords:
advantagesapplicationsmechanismpreparationtextile-based mechanical sensors

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  • Analysis of critical performance criteria including sensitivity, response range, response time, and stability.
  • Review of advantages over other flexible sensors and potential applications.

    • Main Results:

    • TMSs offer significant advantages in flexibility, comfort, and cost-effectiveness compared to other flexible sensors.
    • Key performance metrics like sensitivity, response range, response time, and stability are analyzed for various TMS types.
    • Potential applications span health monitoring, motion recognition, and human-machine interaction.

    Conclusions:

    • TMSs are crucial for advancing the Internet of Things (IoT) by enabling smart, convenient, and comfortable wearable health monitoring.
    • Further research is needed to address challenges and unlock the full potential of TMSs.
    • Optimized TMSs will facilitate seamless integration of everyday objects into a connected, wearable ecosystem.