# Rodney Brooks: person

Canonical ID: `32531140-cbba-440b-bcf3-1e6a29c4ff89`

Founder, Chairman, and CTO of Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics); Panasonic Professor Emeritus at MIT; co-founder of iRobot. Pioneer of behavior-based and collaborative robotics.

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## Foundings (1)

- [Rethink Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/rethink-robotics.md) founded 2008-01-01 (sole) _no longer at company_

## Former / Previously (2)

- [Rethink Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/rethink-robotics.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Rethink Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/rethink-robotics.md) Founder, Chairman & CTO (2008-01-01 to 2018-10-01) (secondary-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273338952_The_Pransky_interview_Dr_Rodney_Brooks_Robotics_Entrepreneur_Founder_and_CTO_of_Rethink_Robotics
2. https://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/biography-rodney-brooks


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