Amazon patents a robot TAILOR that can instantly cut you the perfect suit using online measurements and glow-in-the-dark dyes
- Amazon has filed a patent to use glow-in-the-dark dyes to make custom clothes
- Fluorescent markers would allow items to be made for each unique customer
- It is part of the continued push from Amazon towards complete automation of its supply chain
Amazon sells clothes, delivers them to your door and can even give fashion tips via the Echo Look.
Soon though, it may be able to make bespoke clothes for every customer using glow-in-the-dark technology and measurements provided online.
A new patent describes technology that would use fluorescent inks to guide the machinery that prints, cuts and assembles clothes instantly.
It is the latest in a series of developments from Amazon to expand into the manufacture of clothing, as well as its selling and distribution.
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Amazon has filed a patent that would use glow-in-the-dark inks to guide and machines in making clothes. The fluorescent markers would be used to allow Amazon to create items that fit each unique customer
The Seattle-based firm recently published a patent that would use fluorescent inks to guide the cutting of fabrics.
The authors of the patent claim the inks would be invisible under normal light and only show up when illuminated with ultraviolet light.
'The fluorescent reflection can be captured by image sensors to generate instructions to cut the panels out from the textile sheet,' Amazon writes in the patent.
The fluorescent technology would allow Amazon to create bespoke items that fit each unique customer.
The patent was filed in 2016 and in it the authors write: 'The reflection can also be used as assembly notations for reference by sewing workers or automated sewing systems.'
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The fluorescent dyes that are outlined in the patent would be invisible under normal light and only seen when viewed under an ultraviolet light
Amazon continues to push deeper into the apparel manufacturing industry to develop and create its own fashion items.
Previously, it published a patent for an assembly-line of automated printers and sewing machines to produce items on-demand.
The increased push towards global automation was predicted in a report by McKinsey to cost between 400 million and 800 million people their jobs by 2030.
The patent describes a way of printing, cutting and assembling a variety of different items. This latest patent continues the push from Amazon towards complete automation of its supply chain
The glow-in-the-dark guided machinery would likely work alongside many of Amazon's other latest developments to deliver customised clothing to the customer.
The company recently released the Echo Look, a personal AI stylist that can take full-length photos and give fashion advice to its owner.
Earlier this month, a patent for a 'blended-reality' mirror was published which, using virtual reality, would show the customer in a variety of clothes in different environments.
The images taken using the mirror would provide the details that the automated machines would use to make clothes tailored for the customer.
A company the size of Jeff Bezo's Amazon files and publishes patents on a regular basis, and this may never become a reality.
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