OXFORD: Three Oxford University projects have received a £7.7m cash injection.

The money is part of an £85m national investment in technologies from EPSRC, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

A mobile robotics project will receive £3m, while a project developing metallic alloys which can withstand extreme environments will get £3.5m. The £1.2m is part of £14.2m for a consortium of universities working on energy storage.