UCL News: Engineering

Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain
Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain

Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain

An artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables a four-legged robot to adapt its gait to varied, unfamiliar terrain, just like a real animal, has been developed by researchers at UCL and the University of Leeds.

11 Jul 2025

Comment: We interviewed 205 Australians convicted of murder and manslaughter
Comment: We interviewed 205 Australians convicted of murder and manslaughter

Comment: We interviewed 205 Australians convicted of murder and manslaughter

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Richard Wortley (UCL Security & Crime Science), explores his research into what happens when drinking precedes killing.

10 Jul 2025

UCL launches UK’s first centre focusing on collaborative industrial research with South Korea
UCL launches UK’s first centre focusing on collaborative industrial research with South Korea

UCL launches UK’s first centre focusing on collaborative industrial research with South Korea

UCL is partnering with the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) to launch the UK’s first Global Industrial Technology Cooperation Centre (GITCC).

10 Jul 2025

Faculty news

UCL-led research on spinal cord injury recovery
UCL-led research on spinal cord injury recovery

UCL-led research on spinal cord injury recovery

UCL Researchers lead on a breakthrough study on FES cycling for spinal cord injury recovery funded by the RFU Injured Players Foundation.

14 Jul 2025

Dr Pedro Silva Couto wins 2025 IHE Discovery Award for CAR-T Manufacturing Innovation
Dr Pedro Silva Couto wins 2025 IHE Discovery Award for CAR-T Manufacturing Innovation

Dr Pedro Silva Couto wins 2025 IHE Discovery Award for CAR-T Manufacturing Innovation

We’re thrilled to share that Dr Pedro Silva Couto, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biochemical Engineering, has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Healthcare Engineering (IHE) Discovery Award.

10 Jul 2025

UK businesses and academia partner up in cutting-edge research
UK businesses and academia partner up in cutting-edge research

UK businesses and academia partner up in cutting-edge research

Professor Nicolas Szita is leading one of the new Prosperity Partnership projects that will tackle key industry challenges in areas from drug manufacturing and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity

10 Jul 2025