Paulo Padrão, Ph.D.
Providence College
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ROBOTICS | AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Paulo Padrão, Ph.D.
Providence College
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ROBOTICS | AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Intelligent Systems for the Real World
Autonomous Robots
Planning, navigation, and information gathering with multi-robot systems in uncertain environments
Learning for Robotics
Machine Learning, uncertainty modeling, VLMs, and adaptive autonomy for robust decision making.
Physical AI & Education
Teaching AI through embodied systems and hands-on undergrad research experiences
Selected Projects
Autonomous robots that decide where, when, and what to sense in dynamic environments using information-theoretic planning and learning
Outstanding Student Paper Award
RSS 2026
Multiple Papers Accepted
IEEE/RSJ IROS 2026
Book Chapter Published
Digital Twins in Advanced Robotics (Elsevier)
CSC 395 - Research in AI
Research-oriented course combining AI concepts, implementation, and physical robotic systems
CSC 310 - Machine Learning
CSC 220 - Data Science Fundamentals
Interested in undergraduate research?
The PAIR Lab works on exciting problems at the intersection of AI and robotics
I am an assistant Professor of Computer Science at Providence.
My research explores how robots can perceive, learn, and make decisions in complex physical environments