Baxter uses some parts of Brooks's earlier research work, but less intensively than research laboratories do.
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Reasoning
Degree of reuse of Brooks's research in Baxter's internals is not publicly documented.
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Rodney Brooks, “Baxter uses some parts of Brooks's earlier research work, but less intensively than research laboratories do.” (said 16 December 2014). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_bc53b59c02f7, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_bc53b59c02f7
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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