Charles Rosen

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Charles Rosen

pianist and music critic

  • won the National Book Award
  • recorded extensively
  • wrote numerous articles and books on music

An American pianist and music critic, Charles Rosen was renowned for his work in classical music and his contributions to music literature.

Milestones

  • The Robot That Stopped to Think
    The Dawn of AI Robotics
    The Robot That Stopped to Think

    SRI International built Shakey, the first mobile robot that could perceive its environment, plan a sequence of actions, and reason about how to carry them out — proving machines could operate autonomously in the real world.

    1966