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Rodney Brooks

Rodney Brooks is a roboticist known for work on behavior-based robotics and for founding robotics companies.

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Rodney Brooks is a roboticist known for work on behavior-based robotics and for founding robotics companies.

Role: roboticist and entrepreneur · MIT emeritus · United States

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MIT CSAIL — Rodney Brooks ↗	general	Primary Source · Primary	Aug 20, 2026

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