Rodney A. Brooks
Rodney A. Brooks received his Stanford computer science doctorate in 1981 and joined MIT’s faculty in 1984. His research spans computer vision, AI, robotics and artificial life. His work includes A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot. His research organized robot behavior through a layered control architecture. Brooks co-founded iRobot and served as its CTO from 1990 to 2008. He directed his MIT laboratory from 1997 to 2007 and was at Rethink Robotics from 2008 to 2018.
Timeline
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1981–1984
Doctorate and MIT faculty
Rodney A. Brooks received his Stanford computer science doctorate in 1981 and joined MIT’s faculty in 1984. His research spans computer vision, AI, robotics and artificial life.
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1986
Robust robot control
His work includes A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot. His research organized robot behavior through a layered control architecture.
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1990–2018
Robotics organizations
Brooks co-founded iRobot and served as its CTO from 1990 to 2008. He directed his MIT laboratory from 1997 to 2007 and led Rethink Robotics from 2008 to 2018.
Sources and credits
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