Martin Smith (cyberneticist)

For other uses, see Martin Smith (disambiguation).

Martin Smith is a former Professor of Robotics at Middlesex University^[1] in north London, UK. He is also a former President of the Cybernetics Society in the UK (1999–2020).^[2]

Smith was awarded Freedom of the City of London,^[3][1] and was awarded the Public Awareness of Physics Award by the Institute of Physics.^[3]

Television appearances

Smith has appeared on many television programmes: as a technical presenter on the BBC television programme Techno Games ^[3] and as a judge on Robot Wars from the third series having previously competed in the first two series. He was a judge and programme consultant on Channel 4's Scrapheap Challenge ^[3][1] and technical presenter on Granada TV's Mutant Machines.^[3][1] He has also appeared on Tomorrow's World,^[3] Tomorrow's World Live at the NEC,^[3] and the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series entitled The Rise of Robots.^[3][1]

Editorships

Smith is a member of the editorial boards of Kybernetes: The International Journal of Cybernetics and Systems,^[4] The International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, The International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, the International Journal of General Systems, and The International Journal of Social Robotics. He is a Director of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics.^[5]

Former posts

He has held posts as Visiting Research Professor in Robotics at the Open University,^[3] Professor at the University of Central England UK, (now Birmingham City University)^[1][3] and at the University of East London (UK)^[3] where he was founder and Head of the Mobile Robots Research Unit.^[1]