Embroidered sensor assembly

A method of detecting strain associated with a physical object, the method comprising:

• detecting a first positional configuration for a plurality of embroidered conductive nodes embedded in the physical object;
• receiving a first input that causes at least two embroidered conductive nodes of the plurality of embroidered conductive nodes to change position relative to one another from the first positional configuration to a second positional configuration;
• detecting a first change in relative position between the at least two embroidered conductive nodes;
• and
• computing a first strain value based on a comparison of the first positional configuration and the second positional configuration.