Computational Design of Wiring Layout on Tight Suits with Minimal Motion Resistance
DescriptionAn increasing number of electronics are directly embedded on the clothing to monitor human status (skeletal motion or electromyogram activity) or provide haptic feedback.
A specific challenge to prototype and fabricate such a clothing is to design the wiring layout, to minimize the intervention to human motion and maximize the physical robustness.
We address this challenge by formulating the topological optimization problem on the clothing surface as a deformation-weighted Steiner tree problem on a 3D clothing mesh.
Our method proposed an energy function for minimizing Green strain energy in the wiring area under different motions, regularized by its total length.
We built the physical prototype to verify the effectiveness of our method and conducted user study with participants of both layout design experts and smart cloth users.
On three types of commercial products of smart clothing, the optimized layout design reduced stretching by an average of 77% among 245 actions compared to baseline design.
A specific challenge to prototype and fabricate such a clothing is to design the wiring layout, to minimize the intervention to human motion and maximize the physical robustness.
We address this challenge by formulating the topological optimization problem on the clothing surface as a deformation-weighted Steiner tree problem on a 3D clothing mesh.
Our method proposed an energy function for minimizing Green strain energy in the wiring area under different motions, regularized by its total length.
We built the physical prototype to verify the effectiveness of our method and conducted user study with participants of both layout design experts and smart cloth users.
On three types of commercial products of smart clothing, the optimized layout design reduced stretching by an average of 77% among 245 actions compared to baseline design.
Event Type
Technical Papers
TimeWednesday, 13 December 20231:11pm - 1:21pm
LocationMeeting Room C4.9+C4.10, Level 4 (Convention Centre)
