Prof. Brooks is a world leader in the robotics, computer vision and artificial intelligence fields who has made ground breaking technical contributions in addition to providing leadership to the scientific community.

He is internationally recognised for his pioneering work in developing the behaviour-based paradigm for robotics.
This work has been recognised as a key breakthrough technology by his peers, industry and the wider community. Prof. Brooks has commercialized the outcomes of his research by founding iRobot. The company is a commercial success, publicly listed on NASDAQ and is recognised as the world leader in its field.