Rodney Brooks — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

CTO & Founder at Robust.AI (since 2019).
Co-founded iRobot in 1990, serving as CTO and Board member until 2011.
Founded Rethink Robotics in 2008, serving as CTO and Chairman until 2018.
Served as Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT from 1984 to 2010.
Co-founded Lucid in 1984.
Holds a PhD in Computer Science and B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. in Mathematics.

Biography

Rodney Brooks is the CTO and Founder of Robust.AI, a company specializing in artificial intelligence and robotics, a role he has held since 2019.

Brooks has a distinguished career as a serial entrepreneur in the robotics and AI space. He co-founded iRobot in 1990, where he served as CTO and a Board member until May 2011. Later, he founded Rethink Robotics in 2008, holding the positions of CTO and Chairman until October 2018. His entrepreneurial ventures also include co-founding Lucid in 1984.