Rodney Brooks
Rodney Allen Brooks (born 30 December 1954) 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 and co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics) and currently is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Robust.AI (founded in 2019).
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| Born | Rodney Allen Brooks 30 December 1954 |
| 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/ |
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