Editing Rodney Brooks (section)

===Robots===
[[File:Caught Coding (9690512888).jpg|thumb|Robot at Rethink Robotics, 2013. Brooks is at the right in the lineup behind the robot. At left is [[Steve Jurvetson]], the photographer.]]
He experimented with off-the-shelf components, such as [[Fischertechnik]] and [[Lego]], and tried to make robots self-replicate by putting together clones of themselves using the components. His robots include mini-robots used in [[oil wells]] explorations without cables, the robots that searched for survivors at [[Ground Zero]] in New York, and the robots used in medicine doing [[robotic surgery]].<ref name="BeyondComput"/>

;Allen
In the late 1980s, Brooks and his team introduced [[Allen (robot)|Allen]], a robot using [[subsumption architecture]]. {{As of|2012}} Brooks' work focused on engineering intelligent robots to operate in unstructured environments and understanding human intelligence through building humanoid robots.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

;Baxter
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Introduced in 2012 by Rethink Robotics, an [[industrial robot]] named Baxter was intended as the robotic analogue of the [[personal computer|early personal computer]] designed to safely interact with neighbouring human workers and be programmable for the performance of simple tasks. The robot stops if it encounters a human in the way of its robotic arm and has a prominent off switch that its human partner can push if necessary. Costs were projected to be the equivalent of a worker making $4 an hour.<ref name=NYT91812>{{cite news |title=A Robot With a Reassuring Touch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/science/a-robot-with-a-delicate-touch.html |access-date=18 September 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 September 2012 |author=John Markoff}}</ref>