Robotics

Hiroshi Ishiguro

Japanese roboticist who builds lifelike androids, including a copy of himself

Born 1963

Joseph Engelberger

“Father of robotics” who co-created the first industrial robot

1925 – 2015

Sebastian Thrun

German-American roboticist who led Google’s self-driving car project and founded Udacity

Born 1967

Cynthia Breazeal

MIT pioneer of social robots who built Kismet and Jibo

Born 1967

Rodney Brooks

Australian roboticist who co-founded iRobot, maker of the Roomba

Born 1954

Pieter Abbeel

Belgian-American robotics professor and co-founder of Covariant

Dean Kamen

Inventor of the Segway and founder of the FIRST robotics competition

Born 1951