Abiolity is a toolkit designed to improve the motor skills and performance of both astronauts and parastronauts in the ISS.

This toolkit contains four individual products, a glove with suckers on the palm, a locking clip, a foot pad with suckers and a hook for the tiptoe. Astronauts can decide which one to use according to different work or daily activities on the ISS (International Space Station).

Solve problems with bio-inspired design.

Due to the complex layout within the ISS, we put simplicity in the first place of our design. During the research process, we discovered that some biological features just satisfy our needs and goals properly, for example, the adhesive ability of the octopus and the lizard. Therefore, in the later process, we focused on the development of these bio features and transformed them into product language.

The Glove is inspired by the adhesive features of the octopus and just covers a part of the palm area, so that users can still do other work while have this Glove on hand.

On the outer side, there are suckers using to help users get fixed to the interior surface. While on the inner side, it is a surface made of silicone hydrogel, enabling the Glove to firmly attach to the palm when using.

Inspired by the claw of the ape, the Locking Clip is designed to help users get fixed to the handrail during the work or other contexts. We also give it an organic shape at the back, so it can exactly fit different parts of the human body.

As its shape indicates, the Hook is used to extend the hooking area of the tiptoe and thereby enables users to get fixed and leave the handrail easily.

Feasible to different parts of the body, inclusive to different groups of the users.

Abiolity provides astronauts and parastronauts with an inclusive and workable solution, covering not just their working situation, but also other daily activities. By using this toolkit, both of them can be free from many inconveniences that arose in the microgravity condition and therefore improve their performances in various activities. More importantly, the low inclusiveness of the hardware inside the ISS will no more be the obstacle that prevents the qualified parastronauts from performing the space mission.