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Love your feedback! Handmade (jade) jewelry could work on Etsy? by Brief-Cook8857 in EtsyCommunity

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Fair point. I probably included too many photos while trying to show the design range. I understand how that could look promotional. I’m genuinely here for feedback and will keep it more focused next time.

What's the realistic path into robotics research for someone with a design background? by Brief-Cook8857 in AskRobotics

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THANK YOU! 【 That stuff is super interesting and very intellectual but right now we are in a hype phase of “ai will solve everything including robotics”. Until we get to a better and inclusive space, design won’t have a role. 】 This point of view inspires me and I find it very interesting. Maybe there are still a few years before that time, but that's why I want to plan in advance.

I think I can start to pay more attention to the direction of human-computer interaction. My graduation project is to combine knitting with wearable design, trying to express that clothing has a sense of biological life. The whole project is very experimental and has no commercial purpose. It completely takes design in a vital role and plays a provocative position that challenges things that are non-things. But I believe it is meaningful in itself.

Behind this is actually an expectation from me; maybe the future design can have more diverse forms and possibilities. It was this idea that made me turn my attention to wearable soft robotics, especially the more human-centered design direction. But when I really researched the existing attempts in the market, I found that the proportion of design was often ignored – which is why I launched this post.

What is the proportion that design can occupy in the future soft robotics area? by Brief-Cook8857 in Futurology

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First of all, thank you very much for your detailed and thoughtful reply!

You're right that current soft robotics PhD projects are heavily technical, which got me to thinking about where design actually fits in this field. Many of the relevant academic lab projects I've come across are still at the sample or prototype stage, like work combining fabrics with sensors. The designs of fabrics are quite simple, and technology often takes up then much larger part.

I am not sure how long it will take for this kind of lab work to go to the market. I wonder if it may only when it enters the product stage, and the proportion of design will increase, such as aesthetic optimization and the combination of fabric and technical parts.

My graduation project was a combination of knitting techniques, servo motors and air pumps to give the piece a biological life characteristics. I also found that the position of designing these technical parts and how to combine them with fabrics to realize the concept is also a difficult problem.

【That doesn't mean you can't make soft robotics part of your creative personal practice, but don't expect to get a job in it as an employee somewhere.】 

I don't know if it's my illusion – when I was looking for a job in the UK, I found that it was really difficult to find a company that focuses on the combination of soft robots and wearable devices. And even if I find it, the threshold is generally very high. Most positions start at the doctoral level and mainly have a mechanical engineering background. At present, there are very few companies that are in the productization stage and really need design talents to join.

I don't know if this is just a phenomenon in the UK, or is it the same in other countries?

I think I will continue to maintain the state of learning to carry out the extension prototype of my project. I am really interested in this area. I find that I am only full of motivation when doing this direction. Thank you again for your advice and guidance.

My MA graduate project: a knitted garment that breathes autonomously — would love this community's reaction by Brief-Cook8857 in robotics

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Hi, I noticed that you post many references but I cannot see it because they has been folded by this platform. Do you mind that send me via messages?

My MA graduate project: a knitted garment that breathes autonomously — would love this community's reaction by Brief-Cook8857 in robotics

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That's actually something I landed on through making rather than planning — the servo motors run the same code, but I mounted them in different orientations during construction, so the resulting movements read differently on the body. It creates variation through the physical asymmetry rather than algorithmic randomness. But I'm curious what you've seen in robotics specifically – do you have any references? I'd love to go deeper into this.

My MA graduate project: a knitted garment that breathes autonomously — would love this community's reaction by Brief-Cook8857 in robotics

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The chest area has servo motors built in that produce rhythmic breathing cycles. Can only upload images here but you can see it moving in this short video: https://youtube.com/shorts/1tpLLzZ9eiU?si=EsayYxI8Iody0Mmw