Fig. 2: Personalized robotic knit glove produced with the EdemaFlex system. | npj Flexible Electronics

Fig. 2: Personalized robotic knit glove produced with the EdemaFlex system.

From: EdemaFlex: textile-based soft-robotic platform toward personalized hand edema therapy

Fig. 2: Personalized robotic knit glove produced with the EdemaFlex system.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Hand measurement inputs entered into the design tool for automatic bitmap generation, b–d Screenshots of design tool interface. e Auto-generated bitmap imported into Shima Seiki Knit Design and converted to stitch codes. f Knit channels defining actuator paths. g Computerized knitting machine (computerized flat knitting machines, SRY123LP, ShimaSeiki). h EdemaFlex glove substrates; inset shows the tubular jacquard knit embedded with SMA spring. i Hardware control board. j–l Participant-facing mobile interface. j Session timer and sound alert. k Bluetooth connection and activity log. l Monitoring actuator location status on the main page.

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