Rodney Brooks
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Rodney Allen Brooks (born 30 December 1954[1][2]) is an Australian roboticist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, author, and robotics entrepreneur, most known for popularizing the actionist approach to robotics. He was a Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is a founder and former Chief Technical Officer of iRobot[3] and co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics) and currently[when?] is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Robust.AI (founded in 2019).[4]
Rodney Brooks | |
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Born | Rodney Allen Brooks (1954-12-30) 30 December 1954 (age 69) |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Stanford University Flinders University |
Awards | IJCAI Computers and Thought Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Robotics |
Institutions | Stanford University MIT |
Doctoral students | Lynne Parker Maja Matarić Charles Lee Isbell Jr. Cynthia Breazeal Yoky Matsuoka Holly Yanco |
Website | http://rodneybrooks.com/ |