Introduction to the LMTS
We develop reliable soft stretchable compliant sensors, actuators and transducers. Our research cuts across different MEMS and miniaturized actuator technologies, with a primary focus on elastomer-based solutions and multi-functional stretchable materials.
Our core research areas are:
- Miniaturized polymer actuators and soft transducers for a broad range of applications including soft robotics, dextrous manipulation, microfluidics and tunable optics.
- Wearable Haptic displays for VR/AR applications and for visually impaired users, allowing dynamic graphical information such as maps or virtual 3D shapes to be explored using one’s sense of touch.
- MEMS and Printed Microsystems. (Dr. D. Briand, MER) Environmentally-friendly and sustainable MEMS processes and materials. Flexible, printed electronics and microsystems. Digital and additive manufacturing.
News
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7-2020. HAXELs soft haptic actuators published in Advanced Materials |
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5-2020. Reconfigurable morphing surface using DEA + SMP appears in Advanced Functional Materials. |
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1-2020. High force textile electrostatic clutch published in Advanced Materials Technologies. |
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12-2019: Science Robotics article published on our soft robotic insect. some movies! EPFL press release |
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11-2019 new movies for our soft gripper |
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10-2019 Nature Communications Article on a highly sensitive InfraRed detector based on Shape Memory Polymers (with prof. G. Villanueva) |
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8- 2019 We developed a thin stretchable pump, that can be twisted, bent, stretched, while pushing liquid along the channel. Gram for gram, our pump performs as well as an aquarium pump or a workshop compressor, but is completely silent, and has no moving parts. published in the journal Nature in August 2019. Details and movies here. |
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