Integrated electronic textiles with miniature soft actuators. This project aims to realize haptic textiles by building miniature actuators at fibre interweaving points. This project expects to create

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Integrated electronic textiles with miniature soft actuators. This project aims to realize haptic textiles by building miniature actuators at fibre interweaving points. This project expects to create new knowledge in tuning fibre heterostructures at the micron scale by extruding and achieving a robust interface at the fiber contact area. The new interwoven structure is expected to result in new electromechanical behavior to strengthen the understanding of electrostatic-hydraulic coupled actuation. The expected outcomes of this project are the haptic textiles that multiply the resolution of large-area haptic interface and maintain the intrinsic comfort of textiles, making substantial contributions to wearable human-machine interaction.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 4014 - Manufacturing Engineering. Lead: Dr Xiang Shi