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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Rodney Brooks canonical 15
Rodney A. Brooks 4

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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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

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Cambrian intelligence: The early history of the new AI → author → Rodney Brooks ⓘ
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Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us → author → Rodney Brooks ⓘ
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