Chatbots and search engines are just the tip of the iceberg for artificial intelligence. Embodied AI promises to bring the benefits of intelligent machines to the physical world, to transform society with increased safety, sustainability and freedom. Autonomous driving will be the first large-scale application and brings the most complex engineering challenge of our era, spanning topics like robotics, simulation, safety and public acceptance. Alex Kendall reflected on his journey to build this, which started from PhD research at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, before founding Wayve and deploying fleets of autonomous vehicles around the world, to what we might expect to come next.

This event was part of the celebrations for the Department of Engineering's 150th anniversary.