Berners-Lee, Sir Timothy (John), (born 8 June 1955), 3Com Founders Professor, since 1999, Director, World Wide Web Consortium, and Professor of Engineering, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton, since 2004

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

The Pransky interview: Dr Aaron Edsinger, CEO and cofounder at Hello Robot Inc

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 710-714
Author(s):  
Joanne Pransky
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry PhD-turned entrepreneur regarding the evolution, commercialization and challenges of bringing a technological invention to market. Design/methodology/approach The interviewee is Dr Aaron Edsinger, a proven entrepreneur and inventor in the field of human-collaborative robotics. Dr Edsinger shares his journey that led him from developing humanoids at Rodney Brooks’ Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, to cofounding four companies, two of which got purchased by Google. Findings Dr Edsinger received a BS degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford, an MS in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a PhD in Computer Science from MIT and did post-doctorate research in the Humanoid Robotics Group at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. He co-founded his first company Meka Robotics in 2007 and that same year, he started his second company, HStar Technologies. In 2011, he cofounded Redwood Robotics, and in 2013, he sold Meka and Redwood to Google. From 2013 to 2017, he was a Robotics Director at Google. In August of 2017, he cofounded Hello Robot Inc. Originality/value Dr Edsinger’s work in robotics grew out of the San Francisco robotic art scene in the 1990s. Since then, he has collaborated and built over a dozen research and artistic robot platforms and has been granted 28 patents. His world-class robotic systems encompass Dr Edsinger’s innovative research in dexterous manipulation in unstructured environments, force controlled compliant actuation, human safe robotics, integrated mechatronic engineering and the design of humanoid robots. Domo, the humanoid robot he built, was named one of Time magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year for 2007. Out of the eight robot companies Google purchased in 2013, two were cofounded by Dr Edsinger. In 2017, Dr Edsinger left Google to cofound his new company, Hello Robot Inc, a stealth mode consumer robot company.

The Pransky interview: Dr Rodney Brooks, Robotics Entrepreneur, Founder and CTO of Rethink Robotics

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Joanne Pransky
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Subsumption Architecture ◽  
Faculty Position ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ◽  
Rodney Brooks

Purpose – This article, a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal, aims to impart the combined technological, business, and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry engineer-turned entrepreneur regarding the evolution, commercialization, and challenges of bringing a technological invention to market. Design/methodology/approach – The interviewee is Dr Rodney Brooks, the Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab; Founder, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Chairman of Rethink Robotics. Dr Brooks shares some of his underlying principles in technology, academia and business, as well as past and future challenges. Findings – Dr Brooks received degrees in pure mathematics from the Flinders University of South Australia and a PhD in computer science from Stanford University in 1981. He held research positions at Carnegie Mellon University and MIT, and a faculty position at Stanford before joining the faculty of MIT in 1984. He is also a Founder, Board Member and former CTO (1991-2008) of iRobot Corp (Nasdaq: IRBT). Dr Brooks is the former Director (1997-2007) of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and then the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He founded Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics) in 2008. Originality/value – While at MIT, in 1988, Dr Brooks built Genghis, a hexapodal walker, designed for space exploration (which was on display for ten years in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.). Genghis was one of the first robots that utilized Brooks’ pioneering subsumption architecture. Dr Brooks’ revolutionary behavior-based approach underlies the autonomous robots of iRobot, which has sold more than 12 million home robots worldwide, and has deployed more than 5,000 defense and security robots; and Rethink Robotics’ Baxter, the world’s first interactive production robot. Dr Brooks has won the Computers and Thought Award at the 1991 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, the 2008 IEEE Inaba Technical Award for Innovation Leading to Production, the 2014 Robotics Industry Association’s Engelberger Robotics Award for Leadership and the 2015 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award.

Artificial Emotional Creature Project to Intelligent Systems

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-393
Author(s):  
Takanori Shibata ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The World ◽  
Tuft College ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

I came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in September, 1995, intending to stay as a researcher at its Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for two years. Cambridge and the environs of Boston where MIT is located is dotted with a number of universities and colleges, including Harvard University and Tuft College, and also with businesses related to universities. In addition, the area is full of venture-capital enterprises related to computers. Because of the presence of numerous universities and colleges a large number of people are gathered here from all over the world.

scholarly journals Remembering Marvin Minsky

AI Magazine ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth D. Forbus ◽  
Benjamin Kuipers ◽  
Henry Lieberman
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Computer Scientist ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

Marvin Minsky, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence and a renowned mathematicial and computer scientist, died on Sunday, 24 January 2016 of a cerebral hemmorhage. He was 88. In this article, AI scientists Kenneth D. Forbus (Northwestern University), Benjamin Kuipers (University of Michigan), and Henry Lieberman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) recall their interactions with Minksy and briefly recount the impact he had on their lives and their research. A remembrance of Marvin Minsky was held at the AAAI Spring Symposium at Stanford University on March 22. Video remembrances of Minsky by Danny Bobrow, Benjamin Kuipers, Ray Kurzweil, Richard Waldinger, and others can be on the sentient webpage1 or on youtube.com.

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