Full Body-Worn Textile-Integrated Nanomaterials and Soft Electronics for Real-Time Continuous Motion Recognition Using Cloud Computing

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 7977 - 7988
• Main Authors: Kwon, Kangkyu, Lee, Yoon Jae, Chung, Suyeong, Lee, Jimin, Na, Yewon, Kwon, Youngjin, Shin, Beomjune, Bateman, Allison, Lee, Jaeho, Guess, Matthew, Sohn, Jung Woo, Lee, Jinwoo, Yeo, Woon-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 05.02.2025
• Subjects: class; Cloud Computing; Electronics; fabrics; Functional Inorganic Materials and Devices; Graphite - chemistry; health services; Humans; Movement; nanosheets; Nanostructures - chemistry; prediction; Textiles; Wearable Electronic Devices; Wireless Technology; deep learning; motion recognition; cloud computing; textile-integrated sensors; wearable electronics
• ISSN: 1944-8244; 1944-8252; 1944-8252
• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17369

Recognizing human body motions opens possibilities for real-time observation of users’ daily activities, revolutionizing continuous human healthcare and rehabilitation. While some wearable sensors show their capabilities in detecting movements, no prior work could detect full-body motions with wireless devices. Here, we introduce a soft electronic textile-integrated system, including nanomaterials and flexible sensors, which enables real-time detection of various full-body movements using the combination of a wireless sensor suit and deep-learning-based cloud computing. This system includes an array of a nanomembrane, laser-induced graphene strain sensors, and flexible electronics integrated with textiles for wireless detection of different body motions and workouts. With multiple human subjects, we demonstrate the system’s performance in real-time prediction of eight different activities, including resting, walking, running, squatting, walking upstairs, walking downstairs, push-ups, and jump roping, with an accuracy of 95.3%. The class of technologies, integrated as full body-worn textile electronics and interactive pairing with smartwatches and portable devices, can be used in real-world applications such as ambulatory health monitoring via conjunction with smartwatches and feedback-enabled customized rehabilitation workouts.