Robert Pettys-Baker

Robo-Coverstitch: Coverstitched Auxetic Shape Memory Actuators For Soft Wearable Devices

As wearable technologies proliferate there is a growing need for compact, easy-to-produce textile-based mechanical actuators. This paper presents a novel coverstitched auxetic actuator using shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- which we call the Robo-coverstitch – that can be easily sewn onto fabrics using an industrial cove…