Special Guest: Rodney Brooks

Studio 360 | Mar 9, 2011

Kurt Andersen and Rodney Brooks the world's preeminent creator of robotic creatures talk about the culture of robots.

Rodney Brooks is a scientist, professor, and director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. He is the inventor of many robots, including the Roomba, the intelligent vacuum cleaner. His latest book, Flesh and Machines, comes out next month in paperback.

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