Dr Gerard Canal
Lecturer in Autonomous Systems
Research interests
- Computer science
Contact details
Biography
Gerard is a Lecturer in Autonomous Systems in the Department of Informatics, King's College London. Prior to this, he was a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) UK IC Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
In March 2020, Gerard completed his PhD in Robotics at the Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial under the supervision of Dr Guillem Alenyà and Professor Carme Torras.
In 2013, Gerard received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Facultat d’Informàtica de Barcelona, part of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Later, in 2015, he obtained a master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
He has participated in different international and national projects such as I-DRESS and THuMP, and he is a Researcher Co-Investigator in the COHERENT project.
Research Interests
- Assistive Robotics
- Robot behavior personalization based on preferences
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Social Robotics
- AI Planning applied to Robotics and HRI
- Explainable Robot Behavior
More Information
Research
Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.
Health Hub
The Health Hub centres on computational characterisation of medically relevant study cases and data.
Reasoning and Planning
The group focuses on the fundamental AI challenge of creating, representing and reasoning.
News
King's roboticists win big at major European robotics competition
A team from the Department of Informatics won ‘Best Team’ at the European Robotics League’s Milton Keynes Smart City competition and appeared on BBC's One Show
King's scientists explore the effects of AI on human life
Bringing the Human to the Artificial presents cutting-edge AI research at King’s.
International award for PhD thesis on assistive robots
Award for PhD thesis
Events
Brewing the Future
Collaborate with TIAGo the Robot to make a cuppa.
Please note: this event has passed.
Brewing the Future
Collaborate with TIAGo the Robot to make a cuppa.
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Servos and smiles at inaugural Girls Robotics Challenge
Forty girls from local schools went head-to-head in robot battles at King’s, in the finale of this year’s Girls Robotics Challenge: Space to Explore.
Meet our new researchers from the Department of Informatics
We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.
Research
Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.
Health Hub
The Health Hub centres on computational characterisation of medically relevant study cases and data.
Reasoning and Planning
The group focuses on the fundamental AI challenge of creating, representing and reasoning.
News
King's roboticists win big at major European robotics competition
A team from the Department of Informatics won ‘Best Team’ at the European Robotics League’s Milton Keynes Smart City competition and appeared on BBC's One Show
King's scientists explore the effects of AI on human life
Bringing the Human to the Artificial presents cutting-edge AI research at King’s.
International award for PhD thesis on assistive robots
Award for PhD thesis
Events
Brewing the Future
Collaborate with TIAGo the Robot to make a cuppa.
Please note: this event has passed.
Brewing the Future
Collaborate with TIAGo the Robot to make a cuppa.
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Servos and smiles at inaugural Girls Robotics Challenge
Forty girls from local schools went head-to-head in robot battles at King’s, in the finale of this year’s Girls Robotics Challenge: Space to Explore.
Meet our new researchers from the Department of Informatics
We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.