Rodney Brooks

Rodney Brooks

male, 54 years old
Rodney Allen Brooks (b. December 30, 1954 in Adelaide) is Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Chief...

David Hanson

male
David Hanson is an American robotics designer and researcher, resposible for the creation of a series realistic humanoid robots.
Hans Moravec

Hans Moravec

male, 60 years old (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)
Hans Moravec (born November 30 1948 in Austria) is a research professor at the Robotics Institute (Carnegie Mellon) of Carnegie Mellon University....
Sebastian Thrun

Sebastian Thrun

male
Sebastian Thrun is a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where he also serves as the Director of the...
Cynthia Breazeal

Cynthia Breazeal

female
Cynthia Breazeal directs the Lab's Personal Robots group and holds the LG Career Development chair, having previously been a postdoctoral associate...
Mark Tilden

Mark Tilden

male
Mark W. Tilden is perhaps most well known for his invention of BEAM robotics. He is a robotics physicist, who produces complex robotic movements...
Randall Munroe

Randall Munroe

male, 25 years old (Newport News, Virginia, United States)
Randall Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is a self-described "pen/pencil operator" and programmer best known for creating the webcomic "xkcd"....
Jacques de Vaucanson

Jacques de Vaucanson

male, deceased (1782)
Jacques de Vaucanson was a French engineer and inventor who is credited with creating the world's first true robots, as well as for creating the...
William L. Whittaker

William L. Whittaker

male
William L. "Red" Whittaker is a roboticist and research professor of robotics. He is currently the Fredkin Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon...
Joseph Engelberger

Joseph Engelberger

male
Joseph ("Joe") F. Engelberger (New York City, July 26, 1925) is an engineer and entrepreneur who is often credited with being the "Father of...