
Dr Martim Brandão
Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Research interests
- Computer science
Contact details
Biography
Martim Brandão is a Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems in the Department of Informatics at King's College London. Martim's goal is to contribute to the responsible development of robotics and AI. Towards this, he systematically investigates the risks and social impact of robotics and AI, critically examines current approaches to R&D in the field, and develops new algorithms towards more socially just and human-compatible technologies.
Martim leads the Responsible Robotics and AI (RRAI) lab at King's, and he is also Co-Director of the CDT in Safe and Trusted AI.
Previously, Martim was a post-doc at King's (2019-2021), at the Oxford Robotics Institute, University of Oxford (2017-2019), and at Takanishi Laboratory, Waseda University, Tokyo (2016-2017).
He holds a PhD in Engineering from Waseda University, Japan.
Research interests
- Responsible AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Planning
- Computer Vision
- Fairness, Explainability and Ethics
Further information
Research

Sustainability Hub
The Sustainability Hub consolidates the research related to sustainability

Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.

Reasoning and Planning
The group focuses on the fundamental AI challenge of creating, representing and reasoning.

Centre for Data Futures
Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.
News
King's Undergraduate Research Fellows celebrated in Parliament
King's Undergraduate Research Fellowships (KURF) students represented King's at the prestigious Poster in Parliament conference in Westminster.

King's launches 'first-of-its-kind' degree in AI & Philosophy
The new BSc aims to equip students with technical and critical skills that open doors to careers in tech, government, journalism, business, research and more.

Research

Sustainability Hub
The Sustainability Hub consolidates the research related to sustainability

Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.

Reasoning and Planning
The group focuses on the fundamental AI challenge of creating, representing and reasoning.

Centre for Data Futures
Bringing together interdisciplinary experts to focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools.
News
King's Undergraduate Research Fellows celebrated in Parliament
King's Undergraduate Research Fellowships (KURF) students represented King's at the prestigious Poster in Parliament conference in Westminster.

King's launches 'first-of-its-kind' degree in AI & Philosophy
The new BSc aims to equip students with technical and critical skills that open doors to careers in tech, government, journalism, business, research and more.
