Fiber-Based Wearable Sensors with Machine Learning

When people discuss science and technology, they instinctively inquire about the practical applications. This book primarily focuses on optical fiber and optoelectronic fiber. Previous chapters have already covered some direct applications of these technologies. In this chapter, we will delve into optical fiber sensorsFiber sensors and a specialized area involving wearable fiber sensorsFiber sensors that utilize machine learningMachine learning. The association between optical fiber and wearable sensors primarily stems from the fibrous nature of optical fiber. Fiber is the raw material of people’s daily clothes. Fiber sensorsFiber sensors with fiber as the base are naturally the first choice for wearable sensors. As the most powerful data processingData processing method in recent years, machine learningMachine learning has quickly gained popularity in the field of wearable devicesWearable devices. As a result, fiber sensorsFiber sensors, wearable devicesWearable devices, and machine learningMachine learning are connected together. To provide a more comprehensive perspective, this chapter will not only examine wearable sensors based on optical fiber but also explore electrical-based fiber sensorsFiber sensors and summarize the current applications of machine learningMachine learning, a rapidly growing field, in fiber sensorsFiber sensors.