Tech companies are collectively spending billions to turn the age old sci-fi trope of humanoid, general-purpose robots into ...

Rodney Brooks, the cofounder of Roomba vacuum creator iRobot, said the idea of humanoid robots as catchall assistants, the future Elon Musk envisions, is “pure fantasy thinking,” in part because ...

"A lot of money will have disappeared, spent on trying to squeeze performance, any performance, from today’s humanoid robots.

BMW just finished a pilot program in Spartanburg, S.C., where robot tasks included loading sheet metal parts into a welder. Even small firms are getting in on the action. Greg LeFevre is CEO of ...

Learn how humanoid robots use adaptive control and error recovery, helping teams handle tough tasks with fewer stoppages.

Humanoid robots have drawn renewed attention this year as companies such as Agility Robotics, Tesla, and Figure AI showcase machines walking, running, and handling warehouse tasks ...

If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you'll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it.

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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 ...

Although they're constantly improving, robots aren't necessarily known for their gentle touch. A new robotic system from MIT ...

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 ...