Wearable technology

Robot

Pure mathematics

Materials science

Variety (cybernetics)

Soft robotics

Embedded system

Field (mathematics)

Clothing

Archaeology

Computer science

Human-in-the-loop

Nanotechnology

Mathematics

Wearable computer

Soft materials

Loop (graph theory)

Robotics

Artificial intelligence

Combinatorics

Human–computer interaction

History

Nature Reviews Materials

The field of soft wearable robotics offers the opportunity to wear robots like clothes to assist the movement of specific body parts or to endow the body with functionalities. Collaborative efforts of materials, apparel and robotics science have already led to the development of wearable technologies for physical therapy. Optimizing the human–robot system by human-in-the-loop approaches will pave the way for personalized soft wearable robots for a variety of applications.

Human-in-the-loop development of soft wearable robots