Texergy: Textile-based Harvesting, Storing, and Releasing of Mechanical Energy for Passive On-Bo...
summary
Texergy harvests energy from everyday clothing interactions, stores it in elastic rubber cords with soft textile ratchets and latches, and releases it later with a small pull to drive on-body outputs. Fabrication uses laser-cut textile parts plus minor 3D-printed bits and a design tool that exports vector files and recommended cord lengths. Demonstrations include a quick-release belt, a VR squeezing band, a dance costume shape change, and an exosuit that accumulates energy over four-step charging to vary assistance; forces are limited but perceptible.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:23Texergy concept overview
- 1:46Energy storage inspiration
- 3:10Harvesting user actions
- 4:15One-step energy mechanism
- 5:39Multi-step energy harvesting
- 6:45Digital fabrication tool
- 7:28Application examples
- 9:16Summary and future work
- 9:58Q&A session
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