Spider Dress, An Interactive Robotic Exoskeletal Dress That Defends Personal Space of Its Wearer

Designer Anouk Wipprecht (previously), the talented artist who specializes in wearable electronics and “interactive couture“, has created the “Spider Dress” an incredible interactive robotic exoskeletal dress that uses Intel Edison technology to act as a defense system if someone gets too close.

Aptly called the ‘Spider Dress’, this piece of wearable tech features animatronic mechanical limbs that respond to external stimuli while defend the personal space of the wearer. The dress provides an extension of the wearers intuition: It uses proximity sensors as well as a respiration sensor to both define and protecting the personal space of the wearer. Approach the wearer too aggressively and the mechanical limbs move up to an attack position. Approach the system under calmer circumstance and the dress just might beckon you to come closer with smooth, suggestive gestures. The 3-D printed sensor based animatronic/mechatronic dress enabled by the Intel Edison acts as the interface between the body and the external world using technology and the garment as a medium of interaction.