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E-BRODER III

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMART TEXTILES USING EMBROIDERY TECHNOLOGY

Field
Regional
Date
01/01/2020 - 01/12/2020
Industry
  • Consumer electronics
  • Home textiles
Budget
230229,48
Funded by

IVACE

Website
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PROJECT INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

New trends and technologies are shaping a new concept of urban living, which entails a profound change. In this sense, people's relationship with their home will change radically, relying more and more on virtual assistants and interconnected devices.

The connected home is starting to become a reality, and although the technology in most cases is already available, the big challenge is to match it with real consumer demand. It is undoubtedly a bet on the future that still has a long way to go, but currently there are some barriers, such as high prices, usability, security concerns, and automation in the manufacturing process.

The present R&D project aims to minimize mainly the latter, since embroidery technology will be used in the development of different smart textile solutions. It is a mature and effective technology for the integration of sensors, actuators, interconnection and energy transport in a multitude of fabrics, as well as for the development of new technical textile structures with high added value.

The specific objectives were:

- Research and development of wireless power transmission systems using embroidery of conductive threads.
- Research and development of advanced multilayer tactile sensors to be integrated on textiles.
- Research and development of sequins incorporating advanced environmental sensors in order to improve the automation of the smart textile manufacturing process.
- Research and development of textile displays capable of displaying images and text by integrating RGB LEDs.

Electronic control of home devices is not new, as it began to be marketed decades ago, although its use has been mostly limited to luxury or tech-savvy homes. However, due to the introduction and rise of the Internet of Things, the connected home promises to be a much more plausible reality, which will come to fruition in homes with noticeable sensorization, ensuring a more comfortable and efficient user experience.

The great challenge is to get users to perceive the new functionalities of the devices (smart textiles) as real needs. In addition, home automation must be user-friendly, easy to use, install and maintain, ubiquitous, but unobtrusive and respectful of our privacy.

The main objective of the E-BRODER project is to develop intelligent textiles with high added value through embroidery technology for domotic applications to be used in the following textile subsectors: home textiles, upholstery, decoration and contract.

New trends and technologies are shaping a new concept of urban living, which entails a profound change. In this sense, people’s relationship with their home will change radically, relying more and more on virtual assistants and interconnected devices.

The connected home is starting to become a reality, and although the technology in most cases is already available, the big challenge is to match it with real consumer demand. It is undoubtedly a bet on the future that still has a long way to go, but currently there are some barriers, such as high prices, usability, security concerns, and automation in the manufacturing process.

The present R&D project aims to minimize mainly the latter, since embroidery technology will be used in the development of different smart textile solutions. It is a mature and effective technology for the integration of sensors, actuators, interconnection and energy transport in a multitude of fabrics, as well as for the development of new technical textile structures with high added value.

The specific objectives were:

– Research and development of wireless power transmission systems using embroidery of conductive threads.
– Research and development of advanced multilayer tactile sensors to be integrated on textiles.
– Research and development of sequins incorporating advanced environmental sensors in order to improve the automation of the smart textile manufacturing process.
– Research and development of textile displays capable of displaying images and text by integrating RGB LEDs.

Electronic control of home devices is not new, as it began to be marketed decades ago, although its use has been mostly limited to luxury or tech-savvy homes. However, due to the introduction and rise of the Internet of Things, the connected home promises to be a much more plausible reality, which will come to fruition in homes with noticeable sensorization, ensuring a more comfortable and efficient user experience.

The great challenge is to get users to perceive the new functionalities of the devices (smart textiles) as real needs. In addition, home automation must be user-friendly, easy to use, install and maintain, ubiquitous, but unobtrusive and respectful of our privacy.

The main objective of the E-BRODER project is to develop intelligent textiles with high added value through embroidery technology for domotic applications to be used in the following textile subsectors: home textiles, upholstery, decoration and contract.

Contact information

Jorge Moreno
Head of Intelligent Textiles and Digitalization Research Group

AITEX

Technological capabilities

Robotics
Advanced electronics