Robin Popplestone
Robin John Popplestone | |
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Robin Popplestone on his yacht in Firth of Forth. August 1969. | |
| Born | 9 December 1938 |
| Died | 14 April 2004 (aged 65) |
| Education | Queen's University Belfast, University of Manchester, University of Leeds |
| Known for | COWSEL (POP-1), POP-2, POP-11, Poplog; Freddy II |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science, artificial intelligence, robotics |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Doctoral students | Yanxi Liu |
Robin John Popplestone (9 December 1938 in Bristol – 14 April 2004 in Glasgow) was a pioneer in the fields of machine intelligence and robotics. He is known for developing the POP programming languages COWSEL (renamed POP-1), POP-2, POP-11, the related multi-language integrated development environment Poplog, and for his work on the Freddy II robot with Pat Ambler at the University of Edinburgh Artificial Intelligence laboratory.