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Fading the humanoid robot revolution: iRobot's co-founder issues a warning for investors

Count iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) co-founder Rodney Brooks as one of the skeptics that humanoid robots will be able to deliver on all the promises being made across the industry. Brooks also is the ...
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Researcher Rodney Brooks says current AI is overrated

Renowned computer scientist and robotics researcher Rodney Allen Brooks is pushing back on all of the excitement about artificial intelligence, or AI, saying experts and the public have been ...
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An MIT roboticist who cofounded bankrupt Roomba maker iRobot says Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robot assistants is 'pure fantasy thinking'

While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who has been making robots for three decades claims they are wasting their money. Rodney Brooks, the ...
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An MIT roboticist who cofounded Roomba maker iRobot says Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robots as catchall assistants is ‘pure fantasy thinking’

While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who has been making robots for three decades claims they are wasting their money. Rodney Brooks, the ...
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An MIT roboticist who cofounded bankrupt robot vacuum maker iRobot says Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robot assistants is 'pure fantasy thinking'

While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who has been making robots for three decades claims they are wasting their money. Rodney Brooks, cofounder ...