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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. [1]

49 relations: ACM Fellow, Adaptive behavior, Adelaide, Allen (robot), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Andy Clark, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence, Association for Computing Machinery, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Australian Academy of Science, Behavior, Behavior-based robotics, Carnegie Mellon University, Computation, Conceptual metaphor, Cyborg, Dartmouth College, Edge Foundation, Inc., Errol Morris, Eye–hand coordination, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, Fischertechnik, Flinders University, Ground zero, Helen Greiner, IEEE Robotics and Automation Award, IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, Industrial robot, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, International Journal of Computer Vision, IRobot, Kevin Warwick, Lego, List of Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, National Academy of Engineering, NNDB, Oil well, Rethink Robotics, Robot-assisted surgery, Robotics, Sensory-motor coupling, Stanford University, Subsumption architecture, Thomas Binford, University of Minnesota.

ACM Fellow

ACM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognises outstanding members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

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Adaptive behavior

Adaptive behavior refers to behavior that enables a person (usually used in the context of children) to get along in his or her environment with greatest success and least conflict with others.

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Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Allen (robot)

Allen was a robot introduced by Rodney Brooks and his team in the late 1980s, and was their first robot based on subsumption architecture.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity.

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Andy Clark

Andrew Clark, FBA (born 1957) is a professor of philosophy and Chair in Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

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Applied Artificial Intelligence

Applied Artificial Intelligence is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering applications of artificial intelligence in management, industry, engineering, administration, and education, as well as evaluations of existing AI systems and tools and their economic, social, and cultural impact.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.

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Association for Computing Machinery

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an international learned society for computing.

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Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is an international, nonprofit, scientific society devoted to promote research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence.

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Australian Academy of Science

The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London.

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Behavior

Behavior (American English) or behaviour (Commonwealth English) is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems, or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment, which includes the other systems or organisms around as well as the (inanimate) physical environment.

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Behavior-based robotics

Behavior-based robotics or behavioral robotics is an approach in robotics that focuses on robots that are able to exhibit complex-appearing behaviors despite little internal variable state to model its immediate environment, mostly gradually correcting its actions via sensory-motor links.

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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University (commonly known as CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Computation

Computation is any type of calculation that includes both arithmetical and non-arithmetical steps and follows a well-defined model, for example an algorithm.

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Conceptual metaphor

In cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor, or cognitive metaphor, refers to the understanding of one idea, or conceptual domain, in terms of another.

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Cyborg

A cyborg (short for "'''cyb'''ernetic '''org'''anism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.

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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.

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Edge Foundation, Inc.

The Edge Foundation, Inc. is an association of science and technology intellectuals created in 1988 as an outgrowth of The Reality Club.

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Errol Morris

Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director primarily of documentaries examining and investigating, among other things, authorities and eccentrics.

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Eye–hand coordination

Eye–hand coordination (also known as hand–eye coordination) is the coordinated control of eye movement with hand movement, and the processing of visual input to guide reaching and grasping along with the use of proprioception of the hands to guide the eyes.

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Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control is a 1997 film by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris.

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Fischertechnik

Fischertechnik is a brand of construction toy.

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Flinders University

Flinders University is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia.

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Ground zero

In terms of nuclear explosions and other large bombs, the term "ground zero" (also known as "surface zero") describes the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation.

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Helen Greiner

Helen Greiner (born December 6, 1967) is a co-founder of iRobot and currently CTO of CyPhyWorks, a start-up company specializing in small multi-rotor drones for the consumer, commercial and military markets.

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IEEE Robotics and Automation Award

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Award is a Technical Field Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2002.

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IJCAI Computers and Thought Award

The IJCAI Computers and Thought Award is presented every two years by the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), recognizing outstanding young scientists in artificial intelligence.

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Industrial robot

An industrial robot is a robot system used for manufacturing.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional association with its corporate office in New York City and its operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey.

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International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence

The International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) is a non-profit organization incorporated in the U.S. state of California.

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International Journal of Computer Vision

The International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV) is a journal published by Springer.

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IRobot

iRobot Corporation is an American advanced technology company founded in 1990 by three MIT graduates who designed robots for space exploration and military defense.

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Kevin Warwick

Kevin Warwick FIET, FCGI, (born 9 February 1954) is a British engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University in the United Kingdom.

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Lego

Lego (stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark.

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List of Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science

The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science is made up of about 500 Australian scientists.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is a research institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

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National Academy of Engineering

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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NNDB

The Notable Names Database (NNDB) is an online database of biographical details of over 40,000 people of note.

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Oil well

An oil well is a boring in the Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface.

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Rethink Robotics

Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics) is a company co-founded by Rodney Brooks and Ann Whittaker in 2008.

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Robot-assisted surgery

Robotic surgery, computer-assisted surgery, and robotically-assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that use robotic systems to aid in surgical procedures.

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Robotics

Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electronics engineering, computer science, and others.

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Sensory-motor coupling

Sensory-motor coupling is the coupling or integration of the sensory system and motor system.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Subsumption architecture

Subsumption architecture is a reactive robotic architecture heavily associated with behavior-based robotics which was very popular in the 1980s and 90s.

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Thomas Binford

Thomas Oriel Binford has been a leading researcher in image analysis and computer vision since 1967.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Rod Brooks, Rodney A. Brooks, Rodney Allen Brooks.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Brooks

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