The dressmaker's robot mannequins
Audio 02:07
Demonstration of the robot mannequin developed by Euveka.
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By: Dominique Desaunay Follow
6 mins
In order to limit our ecological footprint and unnecessary waste of textiles, a French company has developed scalable and connected robot mannequins for dressmakers and stylists-modelers who adapt to demand, to any morphology.
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While the clothing trade already represented 10% of global carbon emissions before the health crisis, online sales platforms for clothing designed and produced according to a single size scale, have only accelerated the phenomenon.
A waste of textiles due to returns and unsold products from disgruntled buyers who have been forced to go through the Web in order to acquire brand new clothes without trying them on, but poorly adapted to their morphology.
To put an end to this shameless waste,
the French company Euveka
has developed scalable robot-mannequins capable of adapting to any anatomy, explains Andréa Gilet, internal growth director of Euveka.
Robotized with a second skin effect
“
This robotic dressmaker's bust will vary according to different axes of body transformation, for example the waist circumference, the hip circumference, the chest… and many other possibilities of adjustments down to the millimeter. This mannequin is fully robotic on the inside, but on the outside, it is covered with a coating that gives a second skin effect in order to offer modelers a very comfortable working area
, ”says André Gilet.
Then she adds: “
This robotic bust is intended for fashion designers, to make prototypes, to check the“ fit ”, what specialists also call the“ thread of the garment ”.
It is also used by retailers who will organize remote web-based fitting sessions for their customers with their exact measurements to verify that the garment suits their look.
"
Limit the environmental impact
“
This tailoring robot driven by a data adjustment program can reduce the scrap rate by 40% in the manufacture and retail sale of garments.
And thus to engage the textile industry towards a ready-to-wear fashion or of the great couturiers, more eco-responsible as currently demanded by many consumers
”, says Andréa Gilet.
In France, 15,000 tonnes per year of unsold products and textile products end up being destroyed.
But beware !
In 2022, this practice will be formally prohibited, according to
French anti-waste law
.
However, limiting the environmental impact of textile industries is not Euveka's only ambition.
The company wants to produce robot busts for the design of hyper technical clothing, intended for the army, the police or the medical sector.
She also cherishes the dream of working in aerospace, this ultimate world of tailor-made which admits no adjustment defect, if only to make the space suits for astronauts.
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