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Focused Research Areas

We innovate the next-generation sensing and imaging technologies with a synergistic approach of flexible sensors, soft electronics, and machine learning. 

Research/Translational Projects

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Funder: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (StG)

Project title: "SELECT: Smart E-skins for Life-like Soft Robot Perception"​, PI

09/2024-08/2029​​

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Funder: Scottish Enterprise (SE)

Project title: "SEEING: Smart E-skins for Embodied Intelligence"​, PI

08/2023-10/2024​​

Funder: Bayes Centre

Project title: Bayes Innovation Fellowship, PI

09/2023-08/2024​​

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Funder: MRC IAA

Project title: Perceptive Soft Surgical Robots, PI

03/2023-05/2024​​

Funder: Edinburgh-Rice Strategic Collaboration Awards 

Project title: Towards Robotic Textiles: Textile E-Skins with Morphological Self-Sensing Capabilities , Co-I

05/2024-04/2025​​

Funder: EU H2020 Co-Fund Scheme

Project title: Intelligent multiphase flow sensing and big data analysis, PI

03/2020-03/2023​​

Funder: Wellcome Trust iTPA

Project title: Enabling soft surgical robots with precision proprioception, PI

12/2021-08/2022​​

Funder: Industry

Project title: Intelligent Online Multiphase Flow Monitoring Equipment for Fine Chemicals, PI

01/2022-12/2022​​

Funder: Industry

Project title: Machine learning for multiphase flow monitoring and measurement based on multi-modal sensing data, PI

09/2019-08/2021​​

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