Rodney Brooks

Australian roboticist · Australia · On the map · Scientists · Born 1954 · age 71

Rodney Allen Brooks is an Australian roboticist and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science who popularized the actionist approach to robotics.

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2023IEEE Founders MedalAward2006Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of ScienceAwardFellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward2005ACM FellowAward1991IJCAI Computers and Thought AwardAward1990AAAI FellowAward1954Born30 December 1954

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Brooks in 2005

Robot at Rethink Robotics, 2013. Brooks is at the right in the lineup behind the robot. At left is Steve Jurvetson, the photographer.

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IEEE Founders Medal2023

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science2006

Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science2006

ACM Fellow2005

IJCAI Computers and Thought Award1991

AAAI Fellow1990

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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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 and is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Robust.AI.

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Australia