Rodney Brooks

Rodney Brooks appears in the following:

Meet Baxter, A Revolutionary Robot For The Workplace

Thursday, September 20, 2012

For the past four years, Rodney Brooks has been working on a new robot, named Baxter, that could revolutionize manufacturing in the United States. This week his Boston start-up compan...

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More Than Meets the Eye

Monday, July 30, 2007

Robots with artificial intelligence have been a science fiction staple for decades, but now some researchers might be close to making them a reality. New York Times contributing writer Robin Marantz Henig and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Rodney Brooks describe new machines that can make eye contact, read social ...

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Robots, Fembots, Ribbons

Saturday, August 21, 2004

Kurt Andersen talks with Rodney Brooks, Director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, about the culture of robots.

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Special Guest: Rodney Brooks

Saturday, August 21, 2004

Rodney Brooks is a scientist, professor, and director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. He is the inventor of many robots, including the Roomba, the intelligent vacuum cleaner. His latest book is Flesh and Machines.

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Robot, Fembot, Old Timey

Saturday, January 18, 2003

Kurt Andersen and scientist Rodney Brooks look at how metal men are jumping from pop culture into real life.

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Special Guest: Rodney Brooks

Saturday, January 18, 2003

Kurt Andersen and Rodney Brooks the world's preeminent creator of robotic creatures talk about the culture of robots.

Rodney Brooks is a scientist, professor, and director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. He is the inventor of many robots, including the Roomba, the intelligent vacuum cleaner. His latest book, Flesh ...

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