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Briefing
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- Fabric Stiffening Solution – Developed way to stiffen clothes so they can be precisely handled by robotic machines, using water-soluble polymer that toughens material temporarily and washes out in warm water
- Robot-Made Garment – Demonstrated first robotically sewn garment using widely accessible tools, such as robotic arm and sewing machine
- Automation Challenges – Efforts to automate industry date back to 1980s, but have been unsuccessful because machines cannot handle complexity of bending materials
- Application – Can automate and transform trillion dollar global apparel industry
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Consumer Non-Durables
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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February 3, 2017
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