Ermano Arruda
Head Of AI at Kinisi
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolErmano Arruda is Head of AI at Kinisi, bringing 13 years of robotics and machine learning experience to leading applied research in imitation learning, teleoperation, robot perception and embodied agentic systems. With a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham and a progression from research roles into senior engineering and leadership at Dyson and Kinisi Robotics, he closes the loop between perception and action to boost manipulation performance in real-world robots. He combines deep academic grounding in control and perception with hands-on systems delivery across research internships, teaching posts, and product-focused roles. Known for translating complex perception models into robust embodied behaviours, he excels at bridging theory and production constraints. Based in Bristol, he uniquely blends experience with drones and manipulation platforms—an asset for multi-modal robotic applications. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic researcher-engineer who prioritises reproducible, deployable solutions over academic novelty alone.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc in Computer Science, BSc in Computer Science at Universidade Federal de PernambucoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of Birmingham
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (73)
kinematics10
python10
simulator10
bullet10
computer-graphics10
arm10
cpp10
cudnn10
mesh-processing10
robotics10
rendering10
collision-detection10
cluster-computing10
sdk10
pybullet10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
eaa3/bash_scripts_toolbox
Jan 2017 - Apr 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
mjm522/aml
Dec 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:583 commits in 1 year 11 months
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