Robin Popplestone

Robin John Popplestone (9 December 1938 in Bristol – 14 April 2004 in Glasgow) was a pioneer in the fields of machine intelligence and robotics. He is known for developing the COWSEL and POP programming languages, and for his work on Freddy II with Pat Ambler at the University of Edinburgh Artificial Intelligence laboratory.

Robin John Popplestone
Robin Popplestone on his yacht in Firth of Forth. August 1969.
Born(1938-12-09)9 December 1938
Died14 April 2004(2004-04-14) (aged 65)
Alma materQueen's University Belfast,
Manchester University,
Leeds University
Known forPOP-2
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Doctoral studentsYanxi Liu
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