Dr Yunda Yan received a B.Eng. degree in automation and a Ph.D. in control theory and control engineering from the School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2013 and 2019, respectively. From 2016 to 2022, he held visiting or academic positions at the National University of Singapore, Singapore, Loughborough University, U.K. and De Montfort University, U.K., respectively. In 2023, he joined the Department of Computer Science, University College London, U.K., as a Lecturer in Robotics and AI. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of Higher Education Academy.