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Can a garment made from smart textiles relieve long-term pain? This is what researchers in neuroscience, materials science, pain research, textile science and biomechanics are seeking to find out in a new interdisciplinary research project.

Textile muscles is a young research field. In the long run, the technology can be built into clothes that can give an extra boost during heavy lifting, give hugs at a distance and help the visually impaired navigate the urban environment.

We are developing mechanostimulation chips that can mechanically stimulate single cells. Mechanotransduction pathways in the urinary tract are of special interest to us.

In this project we research on various soft microrobotics, used for development of medical devices such as steerable guide wires and catheters for minimal invasive surgery.

In this project we look into various dynamic surfaces to control cell adhesion, signalling, proliferation and stem cell differentiation.

The Bionic and Transductor Science unit conductrs research in the interface between biology, material science, transducers and microsystem technology.

By combining advanced textile manufacturing and conducting polymer actuators with have developed novel textile actuators.

Edwin Jager (IFM) along with his co-applicant Nils-Krister Persson (Swedish School of Textiles) recently received the exciting news of continued funding for their project "Textile muscles for augmenting garments" from the Erling-Perssons Foundation.

The Bionics and Transduction Science unit has created the worlds smallest 3D-printed robot.

Artificial muscles made from polymers can now be powered by energy from glucose and oxygen, just like biological muscles. This advance may be a step on the way to future autonomous microrobots powered by biomolecules in their surroundings.