Editing Rodney Brooks (section)

==Life==
Brooks received an M.A. in pure mathematics from [[Flinders University]] of South Australia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rodney-Allen-Brooks | title=Rodney Brooks &#124; Biography, Robots, & Facts &#124; Britannica | date=18 September 2023 }}</ref> In 1981, he received a PhD in Computer Science from [[Stanford University]] under the supervision of [[Thomas Binford]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|name=Rodney Allan Brooks|id=61090}}.</ref> He has held research positions at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and a faculty position at [[Stanford University]]. He joined the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] faculty in 1984. He was Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. He was director of the [[MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]] (1997–2007), previously the "Artificial Intelligence Laboratory".

In 1997, Brooks and his work were featured in the film ''[[Fast, Cheap & Out of Control]]''.<ref name="BeyondComput">[http://edge.org/conversation/beyond-computation Beyond computation]: a talk with Rodney Brooks, Edge, 2002</ref>

Brooks became a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 2004 for contributions to the foundations and applications of robotics, including establishing consumer and hazardous environment robotics industries.<ref>{{cite web |title=NAE website-Dr Rodney A. Brooks |url=https://www.nae.edu/30520/Dr-Rodney-A-Brooks |website=NAE |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>