Rodney Brooks

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artificial intelligence researcher entrepreneur person roboticist

Rodney Brooks is an influential roboticist and AI researcher known for pioneering behavior-based robotics and co-founding iRobot and Rethink Robotics.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial intelligence researcher → entrepreneur → person → roboticist →
almaMater	Flinders University → Stanford University →
approach	behavior-based robotics → subsumption architecture →
authorOf	Cambrian Intelligence: The Early History of the New AI → Fields of Color: The theory that escaped Einstein → Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us →
awardReceived	AAAI Fellow → IEEE Fellow → MIT Killian Faculty Achievement Award → Member of the National Academy of Engineering →
birthCountry	Australia →
birthPlace	Adelaide →
birthYear	1954 →
boardMemberOf	iRobot →
citizenship	Australia →
coFounderOf	Rethink Robotics → iRobot →
degree	BSc in pure mathematics → PhD in computer science →
doctoralAdvisor	Thomas Binford →
doctoralThesisTitle	Model-based computer vision →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Brooks →
field	artificial intelligence → computer science → robotics →
founderOf	Robust.AI →
givenName	Rodney →
knownFor	behavior-based robotics → co-founding Rethink Robotics → co-founding iRobot → embodied intelligence → subsumption architecture →
name	Rodney Brooks →
nationality	Australian →
notableWork	Cambrian intelligence: The early history of the new AI → Elephants don’t play chess → Fast, cheap and out of control: A robot invasion of the solar system → Intelligence without representation →
position	Director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory → Director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory → Panasonic Professor of Robotics → Professor of Computer Science → Professor of Robotics →
researchInterest	autonomous robots → human–robot interaction → mobile robotics →
residence	United States →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rodney Brooks →	name
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award →	notableRecipient