Rodney Brooks is a trailblazer in robotics and artificial intelligence. As the former Director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, he led pioneering research into autonomous and adaptive robots.

Brooks co-founded Roomba maker iRobot and currently serves as Chairman and CTO of Robust. AI, a startup building the next generation of collaborative robots.

His TED talks have reached millions, offering prescient insights on the societal impacts of AI and the potential for robotics to address global challenges like climate change. Audiences gain a compelling vision of a future transformed by intelligent machines working in harmony with humans.