Primary Focus
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, Industrial Automation
CTO & Founder / Robust.AI
Rodney Brooks is a prominent Australian roboticist and entrepreneur, best known as a co-founder and former CTO of iRobot, the company behind the Roomba vacuum. He is currently the CTO and Founder of Robust.AI. Brooks also served as the Director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and was the founder of Rethink Robotics, which developed the collaborative robots Baxter and Sawyer.
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CTO, Chairman, Founder
Co-founder, CTO, Board member
Panasonic Professor of Robotics
Co-founder, Compiler hacker/architect
Assistant Professor
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
B.Sc. (Hons)
Core technical and professional competencies developed through decades of pioneering work in AI and Robotics.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, Industrial Automation
Computer Science, Higher Education, Technology Startups, Compiler Technology
Pioneer, Visionary, Academic, Entrepreneurial, Influential Thinker
Future of AI, Robotics Ethics, Technology Hype Critique, Woke Activism