The goal is to develop the fabrication and characterization methods of textile electro-mechanical system (TEMS) advancing the state-of-the-art of wearables to recognize dexterous hand movements through bioinspired, smart tactile skin. As a proof-of-concept, a three-dimensional construction of a glove will be developed that incorporates a “movement-compliant” dense network of sensing yarn units. As the hand joints move, the TEMS glove will generate unique, characteristic electrical signals for dexterous motion tracking.

Schematic of the fabrication and characterization of the textile electro-mechanical system (TEMS) for the tactile sensing glove.