Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Department of Engineering

  • Cambridge-founded start-up raises €4.5m to accelerate AI tools for industrial technicians

  • Technicians and researchers in robotics and autonomous systems championed at knowledge exchange workshop

  • Cambridge researcher awarded ERC funding to explore virus-bacteria interactions to combat antibiotic resistance

  • PhD student wins award for innovative geotechnical research

  • Tiny device to transform understanding of our ‘second brain'

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Latest news

Cambridge-founded start-up raises €4.5m to accelerate AI tools for industrial technicians

12 Dec 2025

Company founded by Institute for Manufacturing alumni secures €4.5m in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-driven platform supporting industrial technicians on the factory floor.

Technicians and researchers in robotics and autonomous systems championed at knowledge exchange workshop

11 Dec 2025

Research technicians from across the UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems community gathered at the Department for knowledge exchange, collaboration and hands-on learning as part of a workshop.

Cambridge researcher awarded ERC funding to explore virus-bacteria interactions to combat antibiotic resistance

10 Dec 2025

Dr Somenath Bakshi is one of eight Cambridge researchers who will receive a share of the European Research Council’s (ERC) record €728 million Consolidator Grant awards this year.

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