South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity selected lead institutions for two university education innovation programmes to strengthen science and engineering students\' practical problem-solving and basic maths and science skills. Busan National University and Yonsei University will run an industry-linked engineering training project, supported by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology. POSTECH and Chonnam National University were chosen to reform basic curricula and lab training with up to 13.5 billion won in support.

KAIST said a mechanical engineering team has developed core control technology that allows a quadruped robot to choose and switch in real time among walking, running and jumping. The team used simulation to generate 15.5 hours of training data in 8 minutes and applied reinforcement learning so the robot could select gaits on complex terrain. Tests on the KAIST Hound included indoor courses, campus areas and forest paths, with a peak speed of 6 metres per second on rough ground.