动态适应性软元材料用于可穿戴的人机接口
Ugur Tanriverdi1,2, Guglielmo Senesi1,2, Tarek Asfour1,2
1Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Nature communications
|March 20, 2025
概括
一种新的元材料Roliner提供了适应性假肢,可以适应身体的变化. 这种动态重新配置的材料通过实时调整形状和特性来改善截肢者的舒适性和功能.
科学领域:
- 生物材料工程 生物材料工程
- 康复技术 康复技术 康复技术
- 人与机器接口 人与机器接口
背景情况:
- 可穿戴设备,特别是假肢,往往无法适应身体形状和体积的日常生理变化.
- 现有的假肢技术缺乏动态适应性,导致截肢者的不适和功能减少.
研究的目的:
- 介绍Roliner,一种新的元材料,被设计为可穿戴设备的动态自适应的人机界面.
- 评估Roliner作为假肢适应性解决方案的潜力,解决当前技术的局限性.
主要方法:
- 使用嵌入式毫流体通道的弹性体开发Roliner.
- 毫流体通道的气动加压使材料特性和形状的实时重新配置成为可能.
- 专注于假肢的应用,评估时间空间适应性.
主要成果:
- 罗莱纳证明了其能够重新配置其材料属性 (例如,海岸硬度) 和动态形状的能力.
- 临床前研究表明,与传统假肢相比,在操作性能方面没有劣势.
- 使用基于Roliner的假肢的截肢者报告了舒适度的显著改善.
结论:
- 罗莱纳代表了适应性可穿戴设备的元材料技术的突破.
- 这种动态重新配置的材料为增强假肢舒适性和性能提供了有前途的解决方案.
- 罗利纳能够实时适应用户特定需求,这标志着假肢设计的重大进步.
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