Rodney Brooks
Australian-American roboticist who promotes situated AI and behavior-based robotics.
Most quoted
"The future is not something we enter; the future is something we create through our actions in robotics and AI."
— from Book: Flesh and Machines, 2002
"The biggest challenge in AI is not building intelligent machines, but building machines that we can trust."
— from AI and the Future of Work (Interview), 2017
"The future of robotics is not about building perfect machines, but about building machines that can adapt."
— from Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us, 2002
All quotes by Rodney Brooks (105)
Don't fear the robot uprising; fear the humans who program them poorly.
Cognitive science teaches us that perception and action are inextricably linked.
The world is not a representation; it's a dynamic environment we navigate.
Building iRobot was about making robotics accessible to everyday life.
True wisdom in AI comes from humility before the complexity of nature.
Layers of behavior in robots mimic the evolution of intelligence.
Humor in science: Why did the robot go to therapy? It had too many unresolved dependencies.
From vacuum cleaners to Mars rovers, robotics bridges dreams and reality.
The path to AGI is through embodied agents in real worlds.
Life's meaning? It's in the connections we build, human or machine.
Overcoming AI winters requires patience and incremental innovation.
Robots aren't coming for your job; they're coming to make it better.
In correspondence with colleagues, I emphasized that representation is overrated in AI.
The beauty of cognitive science lies in its interdisciplinary chaos.
Success in robotics is 10% inspiration, 90% debugging.
Embodiment changes everything; without a body, there's no mind.
Reflecting on life: We're all just complex machines seeking purpose.
Subsumption isn't just architecture; it's a philosophy of layered reality.
In interviews, I always say: AI is hard because the world is messy.
The greatest comeback in robotics: From lab toy to household helper.
Contemporaries of Rodney Brooks
Other Cognitive Sciences born within 50 years of Rodney Brooks (1954).