Martin Smith is a former Professor of
Robotics at
Middlesex University
Middlesex University London (legally Middlesex University and abbreviated MDX) is a public research university in Hendon, northwest London, England. The name of the university is taken from its location within the historic county boundaries ...
in north London, UK. He is also a former President of the
Cybernetics Society in the UK (1999 - 2020).
Smith was awarded
Freedom of the City
The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary. Arising from the medieval practice of granting respected ...
of London,
and was awarded the Public Awareness of Physics Award by the ''
Institute of Physics''.
Television appearances
Smith has appeared on many television programmes: as a technical presenter on the BBC television programme ''
Techno Games''
and as a judge on ''
Robot Wars'' from the third series having previously competed in the first series. He was a judge and programme consultant on Channel 4's ''
Scrapheap Challenge''
and technical presenter on Granada TV's ''Mutant Machines''.
He has also appeared on ''
Tomorrow's World'',
''Tomorrow's World Live at the NEC'',
and the
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series entitled ''The Rise of Robots''.
Editorships
Smith is a member of the editorial boards of ''
Kybernetes: The International Journal of Cybernetics and Systems'', ''The International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems'', ''The International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies'', the ''
International Journal of General Systems
The ''International Journal of General Systems'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on basic and applied aspects of systems science and systems methodology. Its focus is on "general systems" – systems ideas that have ...
'', and ''The International Journal of Social Robotics''. He is a Director of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics.
Former posts
He has held posts as Visiting Research Professor in Robotics at the
Open University,
Professor at the University of Central England UK, (now
Birmingham City University)
and at the
University of East London (UK)
where he was founder and Head of the Mobile Robots Research Unit.
References
External links
Biography - the Cybernetics Society
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Academics of the Open University
Cyberneticists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the Institute of Physics
Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society