Haptiknit is a knitted sleeve with an integrated array of pneumatic actuators for programmable haptic display on the body. By creating high and low stiffness machine-knit layers, the haptic sleeve is able to transmit forces beyond 40N with a bandwidth of 14.5Hz.
Project Team:
Charm Lab, Stanford:
Ian Scholl, Liana Tilton, Ela Sigin, Jaehyung Jang, Thomas Buchner, Cosima du Pasquier, Allison M. Okamura
Architected Intelligent Matter Lab, University of Houston:
Tim Chen
Self-Assembly Lab, MIT:
Lavender Tessmer, Agnes Parker, Susan Williams, Sophia Chen, Leke Ambali, Jared Laucks, Skylar Tibbits
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation grants #2301355 and #2301356.
