Research & Innovation
Smart Textile Research
and Innovation at POLITEKS
Research cooperation in conductive knitted structures, textile sensors and smart textile technologies.
Smart Textile Research
POLITEKS participated in the development of smart textiles, focusing on conductive knitted structures and wearable textile technologies, in collaboration with Riga Technical University.
The research explored ways to integrate conductive yarns and knitted sensor structures into socks for movement tracking, gait analysis and foot pressure measurement.
Scientific publications demonstrate the collaboration between sock manufacturing specialists and researchers in the field of wearable textile technologies.
Scientific Publications
1. Knitted Resistive Fabric: Properties and Applications (2014)
This publication presents research on knitted socks using conductive threads. The paper examines textile structures capable of acting as resistive sensors and their potential applications in smart sock technologies.
2. Development of Smart Sock System for Gait Analysis and Foot Pressure Control (2016)
This research describes a smart sock system with integrated knitted pressure sensors designed for gait analysis and plantar pressure measurement.
The study examined potential applications of smart textile technologies in sports, biomechanics and medical monitoring.
Research Areas Represented in the Publications
- Research into conductive knitted textile structures
- Integration of conductive yarns into knitted socks
- Development of textile-based sensor concepts
- Cooperation between industrial textile production and scientific research
- Exploration of smart textile applications for wearable technologies
Research and current production
The publications above document research cooperation involving POLITEKS and smart textile concepts. They describe research and development work, not a standard product catalogue or a promise that sensor-enabled socks are available for ordinary orders.
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