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Our work, recently highlighted by Cambridge Enterprise, marks a major milestone in robotics by solving one of the industry's longest-standing hardware bottlenecks: the sense of touch. While modern robots excel at visual perception, they heavily lack tactile intelligence. This means robotic grippers often struggle to handle delicate or irregularly s…

We are pleased to announce that Mr. George Psaltakis has been elected President of the Postgraduate Community at Jesus College, Cambridge. Following two years of dedicated service as the MCR College Council Representative, this achievement reflects his commitment to supporting postgraduate students and contributing to College life. Congratulations …

We are pleased to welcome Mr. Xia Han to our group. He has joined us for an MPhil and will be working on development of electronic skins for dexterous robots as part of the TERN project project. Warmest welcome! 

We recently participated in the Smarter Robot Bodies, All Creator Workshop, a three-day programme led by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), focused on advancing science, engineering and the translation of research into real-world impact. Now over a year into the initiative, the workshop brought together funded teams, partners and ex…

We have three new members join our group, Miss Josée Mallah and Mr Dimitrios Paparas as PhD studetns and Mr Agastasya Dahiya as an MPhil student. Their research is being supported by Professor Luigi Occhipinti from Loughborough University. Warmest welcome!

We’re pleased to share that our latest work at the University of Cambridge has been featured on the University’s research news platform. The article highlights our development of a graphene-based artificial skin designed to bring human-like touch capabilities closer to robotic systems. By using graphene’s unique electrical and mechanical properties…

At Cambridge, our team has developed a new miniaturised fingertip sensor that allows robots to detect subtle forces and recognise when an object starts to slip. The sensor can measure the full 3D force on the fingertip, helping robots distinguish between pressure and sideways forces. Big congrats to Guolin Yun and the team at University of Cambridg…

We are delighted to share that Professor Yang Wang has been appointed as a By-Fellow of Churchill College. This recognition reflects his ongoing contributions to research and his long-standing commitment to the Cambridge community. The College looks forward to supporting his work and welcoming him into its vibrant academic environment (more).

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Doğa Doğanay to our group. He has joined us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and will be working on robotic dexterity as part of the TERN project project. Warmest welcome!

We are pleased to welcome Emrecan Tarakçı to our group. He has joined us for a PhD and will be working on reconfigurable metasurfaces for compact, high-performance spectral and polarisation sensing through machine learning and inverse design. Warmest welcome!

We are pleased to welcome Madhurjot Sohi to our group. He has joined us for an MPhil and will be working with the incoming PDRA on robotic dexterity as part of the TERN project project. Warmest welcome!

The work by Jinrui Chen and colleagues, published in Cell Reports Physical Science, presents a stabilizer-free, low-waste method to exfoliate 2D materials using high-pressure homogenization. This approach improves yield, cuts solvent use, and enables high-performance printed memristors with a much lower carbon footprint (more).

We are pleased to welcome Amir Nateghi to our group as a Process Technician. He will be primarily supporting our TERN project on composite-material formulations and sensor development, meanwhile contributing to lab and equipment management. Warmest welcome!

Jinrui's work on sustainable paper-based memristors is published in InfoMat as “Inkjet-printed reconfigurable and recyclable memristors on paper” and is selected as the cover feature！The work demonstrates printed memristors with reconfigurable switching characteristics and recyclability, offering a sustainable pathway toward next-generation neuromo…

Our work published in Nature Communications as "Universal Murray’s law for optimised fluid transport in synthetic structures" is covered in Department of Engineering Research News and featured in more than 10 news stories (more)!