Sarah Nicita (BRDD 2020) Authors Article on Weaving's Applications in Robotic Textiles

Sarah Nicita (BRDD 2020, Textiles, Cognitive Neuroscience) is the first author of a new paper published in Nature Scientific Reports that explains how traditional handweaving techniques may offer a framework for the production of cutting-edge robotic textiles.

Nicita, who works as a Softgood Engineer at NASA, shares with MIT Media Lab that “as someone with a background in textiles, I’ve always been impressed by the versatility and potential of different fabric manufacturing techniques."

Read more from MIT Media Lab and access the paper in Nature Scientific Reports