Australian roboticist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, author, and robotics entrepreneur. Popularized the actionist approach to robotics. Former Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT and former director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Co-founder and former CTO of iRobot and co-founder, Chairman, and CTO of Rethink Robotics (formerly Heartland Robotics). Current co-founder and CTO of Robust.AI.