Civic and Responsible AI Lab (CRAIL)
civicandresponsibleai.com
Civic and Responsible AI Lab (CRAIL)
@civicandresponsibleai.com
A research lab working towards Responsible AI (and Robotics), and the use of AI for civil society and empowerment. Based at King's College London, UK.
Led by Martim Brandao (@martimbrandao.bsky.social).

Website: https://www.civicandresponsibleai.com/
4/n: "Bias and Performance Disparities in Reinforcement Learning" by Zoe Evans, where we find that RL-driven robots tend to perform tasks better/safer with groups seen more often in training - ML bias with physical harm.
#HRI2025 #robots #bias #ResponsibleAI
doi.org/10.1109/HRI6...
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
3/n: "Should Delivery Robots Intervene if They Witness Civilian or Police Violence?" by T.Seassau surveys public opinion on this question, finding mixed support for intervention, and a need to codesign w/ victims of (police) violence. @tomwilliams.phd
#ROMAN2025 #HRI #robots
doi.org/10.1109/ro-m...
December 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
2025 papers 2/n: "Robot arms too short?" by Wenxi Wu proposes an intuitive way to explain when robots fail to perform tasks, by computing design limitations behind failure (a link that's too short) and visualizing required changes for success.
#ROMAN2025 #HRI #robots #AI #XAI
doi.org/10.1109/ro-m...
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM