| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We report the potential of a system that enables the monitoring of complex human movements via new smart fabrics based on a piezoelectric poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) fabric that have the function of sensing complex human motion. In particular, piezoelectric PLLA fabrics with plain, twill, and satin weaves were produced. First, a smart fabric was developed that consisted of pieces of the piezoelectric PLLA fabric with satin, plain, and twill weaves joined in the horizontal direction. The smart fabric, designed to accurately detect the twisting, bending, and elongation of the smart fabric itselfm was fabricated using a technique for sewing Japanese kimonos. Finally, we developed a prototype system that allows simple human motion to be detected through the motion sensing of clothes capable of being worn on the joints, such as the elbows, shoulders, knees, and waist, obtained by sewing together pieces of the smart fabric. This motion was linked with that of a humanoid robot.
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