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Facebook Linkedin Instagram Youtube Wearable Muscles Innovative, intelligent, interactive: MotorSkins is a pioneering start-up in the field of shape-changing soft-robotic textiles. The Berlin-based company produces garments that help muscles move without any electronics such as batteries or motors – making them a pioneer in the industry. The first item produced is a compression garment for… Continue reading Wearable
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Facebook Linkedin Instagram Youtube Hydrodynamic apparel: fluid-driven textile-based autonomous garments for assisting and supporting human locomotion MotorSkins originated at the cross-roads between material science and design: research into plant structures and their movement upon drying birthed a conceptual and practical journey focused on translating the principles of the former into design premises. Fundamentally, we believe… Continue reading Hydrodynamic apparel: fluid-driven textile-based autonomous garments for assisting and supporting human locomotion

Facebook Linkedin Instagram Youtube A bio-inspired, passively actuated system uses each of the user’s steps to power the next one “The first key aspect was to break away from traditional hard-frame powered exoskeletons by using soft robotics,” explains Motorskins, the Berlin-based company whose innovative wearables are a world away from the bulky prototypes and existing exoskeletons currently… Continue reading A bio-inspired, passively actuated system uses each of the user’s steps to power the next one

Facebook Linkedin Instagram Youtube Das Start-up-Unternehmen “MotorSkins”, das sich an der Kunsthochschule Weißensee gründete, wird ein Jahr lang vom Bundeswirtschaftsministerium gefördert Das international besetzte Team „MotorSkins“ erhält das Exist-Stipendium des Ministeriums, um sich mit seiner Geschäftsidee selbstständig machen zu können. Der Designer Facundo Gutierrez, der Techniker Dr. José Villatoro, Softrobotik-Experte Nils Janßen sowie Juan Opitz-Silva,… Continue reading Start-up erhält Stipendium vom Wirtschaftsministerium

Facebook Linkedin Instagram Youtube Fluid-driven exosuit that helps people walk more easily MotorSkins’ unique system is inspired by the hygroscopic movement of plants. The result is a bio-inspired, passively actuated system that harvests the potential energy in a person’s gait, using each step to power the next one. Taking advantage of the flexibility provided by… Continue reading Motorskins obtained the Berliner Startup Stipendium, a grant from the Senate of Berlin

Facebook Linkedin Instagram Youtube Motorskins’ motor-free soft exoskeletons function as external muscles “The first key aspect was to break away from traditional hard-frame powered exoskeletons by using soft robotics,” explains Motorskins, the Berlin-based company whose innovative wearables are a world away from the bulky prototypes and existing exoskeletons currently on the market.  The prototypes were presented at… Continue reading Motorskins’ motor-free soft exoskeletons function as external muscles

Facebook Linkedin Instagram Youtube How the movement of seeds inspired a series of wearable soft robots It all started in Argentina. A country known for Tango, mate and monetary inflation. And yes, a few football players.There, in the frame of the international Masters program “Open Design” between the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the Humboldt… Continue reading How the movement of seeds inspired a series of wearable soft robots