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Krishna Pavani Munta

Research Assistant

Knowledge Media Institute

krishna.munta@open.ac.uk

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Biography

Professional biography

I am a researcher at Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), Faculty of STEM, The Open University, UK, specializing in the intersection of Cognitive Robotics, Computer Vision, and Physical Artificial Intelligence. My work is driven by the goal of making autonomous systems more "intelligent" by enabling them to understand the world as humans do.

In my current research, I am developing hybrid architectures for cognitive robots. I work on integrating deep learning image recognition methods with common sense knowledge to significantly enhance the visual intelligence of autonomous agents. By combining these two areas, I am developing  methods that allow robots to not only "see" an object using neural networks but also to "understand" its purpose and context using structured knowledge.

I have been giving efforts to implement these architectures within the Smart Cities and Robotics group at KMi. My contributions involve designing systems that bridge the gap between high-level reasoning and low-level perception. 

This is an international effort, part of the Eureka framework’s “Resilient Enterprise” initiative, includes collaborators from Finland, Switzerland, South Korea, and the UK. The OU’s role focuses on healthcare robotics, leveraging long-standing partnerships, including one with Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre.
 
Finally, my efforts also contributes to the MK:Smart initiative, a research programme launched in 2014, which fosters innovation and the smart city agenda in Milton Keynes.

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Research interests Hybrid Robotic Architectures, Physical AI, Cognitive Robotics, Computer Vision, Knowledge Integration in AI, Deep Learning, Common Sense Reasoning, and Autonomous Systems.