UK robotics experts developing 'smart trousers'

'Intelligent clothing' will employ artificial muscles to assist people with reduced mobility, and could even replace stairlifts and wheelchairs

A real-life version of The Wrong Trousers immortalised by Wallace and Gromit is being developed by a British team of robotic experts.

The close-fitting "smart trousers" will employ artificial muscles to assist the mobility of frail elderly and disabled individuals.