Robert Mansfield Rucker (born Chicago, Illinois, raised in Miami, Florida) is a jazz drummer, music teacher, and composer.

Rucker has recorded and performed with Grammy award winning artists Wynton Marsalis, John Daversa, Scotty Barnhart and Ted Nash Robert has also shared the stage with notable musicians such as Marcus Roberts, Wessell (Warm Daddy) Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon, Philip Harper, Eric Lewis, Stephon Harris,and Sam and Dave.

He has also produced music for Sony Pictures alongside Stephen Marley and Dead Prez, and performs with a jazz band called The Robert Rucker Project.

Robert appears on Wynton Marsalis "Amongst the People: Live at the House of Tribes on Blue Note Records.

Robert released and produced his debut Cd "Make Blue" featuring Philip Harper and Todd Williams.