Our Research
We research a wide variety of electrical and mechanical devices — from soft sensors and actuators to stretchable circuits and steerable catheters — for applications in robotics, prosthetics, wearables, and beyond.
Sensing
Sensors & Displays
Touch Sensing
Soft Tactile Sensors
Transparent, stretchable touch sensors using ionic gels — applied to robotic skin, prosthetic hands, and wearable interfaces for naturalistic touch detection.
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Pressure Sensing
Piezoionic Gels
Soft ionic hydrogel sensors that generate voltage under mechanical deformation — enabling gentle, skin-like pressure and strain sensing.
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Wearable
Smart Sheet — Stretchable Pressure Sensor Array
A soft, flexible pressure sensor array designed to monitor and prevent pressure ulcer formation in wheelchair users and hospital patients.
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Prosthetics
Soft Sensing Skin for Prosthetics
Over a decade of work on robotic “skin” with built-in force and proximity sensing — applied to prosthetic and robotic hands and carbon fibre laying rollers.
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Displays
Stretchable Electrochromic Display
Flexible displays that change colour electrically — enabling wearable and soft robotic display applications that conform to curved surfaces.
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Actuation
Actuators & Robotics
Soft Robotics
Conducting Polymer Actuators
Electrochemically-driven polymer actuators generating up to 100× more force per cross-section than muscle — applied to medical devices, robotics, and sensors.
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Artificial Muscle
Nylon Actuators
Coiled nylon artificial muscles for biomedical devices — including active compression socks for deep vein thrombosis treatment and soft robotic limbs.
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MedTech
Steerable Catheter
Polymer actuator-driven steerable catheters enabling minimally invasive procedures with precise, real-time directional control inside the body.
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E-Textiles
Stretchable Printed Circuit Board
Fully stretchable circuit boards for integration into wearables, e-textiles, and soft robotic systems that must bend and conform to the body.
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Interested in collaborating?
We work with clinicians, industry partners, and end users to translate research into real-world solutions.
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