Commemoration Day, when Imperial undergraduates receive their degrees, takes its name from a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1945 to mark the Centenary of the Royal College of Science, the oldest forerunner to Imperial College London. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Commemoration Day, when Imperial undergraduates receive their degrees, takes its name from a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1945 to mark the Centenary of the Royal College of Science, the oldest forerunner to Imperial College London. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Commemoration Day, when Imperial undergraduates receive their degrees, takes its name from a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1945 to mark the Centenary of the Royal College of Science, the oldest forerunner to Imperial College London. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

The Manipulation and Touch Lab, led by Dr Ad Spiers (pictured), investigates manipulation in humans and robots, haptic sensing, haptic interfaces and machine learning. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

The Manipulation and Touch Lab investigates manipulation in humans and robots, haptic sensing, haptic interfaces and machine learning. Pictured: the Instagrasp, a fully 3D printed and open-source adaptive robotic gripper. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

The Manipulation and Touch Lab investigates manipulation in humans and robots, haptic sensing, haptic interfaces and machine learning. Research Postgraduate Xin Zhou (pictured) is investigating the role of in-hand manipulation in enhancing tactile sensing, to help robot. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Imperial's Research High Performance Computing data, as well as other services for academic departments, are hosted in our cloud servers in the off-campus Slough Data Centre. Pictured: Liz Scholfield, Communications Team, ICT. (Photo credit: Dave Guttridge)

Imperial's Research High Performance Computing data, as well as other services for academic departments, are hosted in our cloud servers in the off-campus Slough Data Centre. (Photo credit: Dave Guttridge)

Imperial's Research High Performance Computing data, as well as other services for academic departments, are hosted in our cloud servers in the off-campus Slough Data Centre. Pictured: Dugan Witherick, Research Computing Support Team Lead, ICT. (Photo credit: Dave Guttridge)

Serena Selvam, Aeronautics undergraduate, photographed for the Women at Imperial campaign in an undergraduate Aeronautics workshop. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Catherine Kibirige, Research Associate in the Department of Infectious Disease at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, photographed for the Women at Imperial campaign. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Dianna Nguyen, Technical Services Manager in the Department of Chemistry, photographed for the Women at Imperial campaign in a solvent purification tower at the Molecular Sciences Research Hub, White City Campus. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Imperial's sixth festival in 2017 welcomed about 20,000 family members, school pupils, alumni, local residents and other members of the public onto campus to enjoy interactive stands, workshops, tours, talks and performances on everything from flying robots to the future (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Imperial's sixth festival in 2017 welcomed about 20,000 family members, school pupils, alumni, local residents and other members of the public onto campus to enjoy interactive stands, workshops, tours, talks and performances on everything from flying robots to the future (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Imperial's sixth festival in 2017 welcomed about 20,000 family members, school pupils, alumni, local residents and other members of the public onto campus to enjoy interactive stands, workshops, tours, talks and performances on everything from flying robots to the future (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)