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Rodney Brooks


Rodney A. Brooks is Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is also chairman and chief technological officer of iRobot Corporation. He is a founding fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAA) and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The author of several books and a contributor to many journals, he was one of the subjects of Errol Morris’s 1997 documentary, Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control. Brooks was born in Australia and now lives in suburban Boston.

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Flesh and Machines
Written by Rodney Brooks

Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage | Technology - Social Aspects; Technology - Robotics
978-0-375-72527-2 (0-375-72527-X)

February 4, 2003 | $18.00

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Flesh and Machines
Written by Rodney Brooks

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Are we really on the brink of having robots to mop our floors, do our dishes, mow our lawns, and clean our windows? And are researchers that close to creating robots that can think, feel, repair themselves, and even reproduce?

Rodney A. Brooks, director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory believes...

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Flesh and Machines
Written by Rodney Brooks

eBook | pages | Vintage | Technology - Robotics; Technology - Social Aspects
978-0-375-42193-8 (0-375-42193-9)

April 9, 2002 | $13.99

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Flesh and Machines
Written by Rodney Brooks

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ISBN: 9780375421938
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Are we really on the brink of having robots to mop our floors, do our dishes, mow our lawns, and clean our windows? And are researchers that close to creating robots that can think, feel, repair themselves, and even reproduce?

Rodney A. Brooks, director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory believes...

Also available as a trade paperback.

              
              



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