the open
    research
    Contribute
    Back to the reading lists

    Classic AI: search, logic & planning· 1986

    A robust layered control system for a mobile robot

    Rodney A. Brooks (first author) · 1986

    Read the original

    DOI 10.1109/jra.1986.1087032OpenAlex W2097856935

    On the reading lists

    Why it matters

    Introduced subsumption architecture, challenging centralized symbolic planning in robotics.

    Condensed from the expert lists' notes.

    The record

    First released
    1986 (from OpenAlex)
    Citations
    7,798 citations, as counted by OpenAlex (CC0)
    Named by
    the chatgpt list only
    Score
    0.436 · computed rank 313 · consensus 0.12, must-read 0.5, citations percentile 1 (1980s · classic-ai), awards 0, existing lists 0. Method

    Editor's notes

    • Readability check: pass: Brooks's subsumption architecture; short and readable. (AI draft (Claude), not yet reviewed, 2026-10-29)

    Data sources

    Catalogue data from OpenAlex (CC0), Crossref (CC0 metadata; no abstracts are shown), arXiv, and Papers With Code (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each count names its source. See the method.