全身の張力伝播経路に着目したテンセグリティ・スーツの開発

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Tensegrity is a design principle that applies when a discontinuous compression element, usually bars or struts, is dexterously balanced by a continuous tensile force, usually cables or tendons, thereby creating physical characteristics of transmitting tensions within the system. This structure also exists in our musculoskeletal system, contributing to body coordination. The understanding of how tensions transmit through the fascial fabric that covers our body is known as an anatomy train and is already applied in physiotherapy fields. Meanwhile, the study is still developing in the engineering field. Authors focused on the tension transmission around the body, and experimentally seek a possibility of usage as a body movement assistance tool. Thereat, we placed springs and wires as a tensile material at anatomically featured points based on major three anatomy trains we spotlight, expanding artificial tension transimitting path on the surface of the body, then attempted multiple motions that are functioned by the anatomy train.