Researchers create shape-changing robot jewellery that can move around your clothing
They contain sensors which can also respond to temperature and environmental conditions.
Robots are almost certainly going to be part of our future some day, but could they be used as wearable technology, namely in the form of jewellery?
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) think so.
Made by a group called Project Kino, the miniature robots can be designed to seamlessly complement or blend with the garment, just like a normal accessory.
Dubbed “living jewellery”, these pieces are able to travel on your clothes and can be reconfigured to your preferences.
The individual pieces can move to form various shapes and designs – like different types of necklace, for example.
The brooch, meanwhile, can also be used as a microphone and speaker.
They can also be paired with mobile devices to become wearable personal assistants.
The scientists explain: “It is our vision that in the future, these robots will be miniaturised to the extent that they can be seamlessly integrated into existing practices of body ornamentation.
“With wearables that possess hybrid qualities of the living and the crafted, we explore a new on-body ecology for human-wearable symbiosis.”
