What just happened? The field of robotics has come a long way over the past few decades, and we’ve seen many incredible advancements, such as the robotic dog known as Spot, or — to use a more recent example — a new “breakthrough” fabric engineered by researchers working out of Yale University.
Yale professor Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio and her team of scientists have managed to develop a “robotic fabric,” which combines the benefits of traditional fabric — such as breathability and flexibility — with full actuation, sensing capabilities, and “variable stiffness fibers.”