This line is spoken during one of Robots’ most heartfelt and defining moments — when Rodney Copperbottom, a young inventor full of hope and frustration, finally confronts the weight of rejection and ...
Waymo, the largest purveyor of self-driven transport, says on its website that its robotaxis are “ the embodiment of fully ...
Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks warns that the vision of humanoid robots as general assistants is unrealistic due to a biological barrier: dexterity. He argues that current AI cannot learn the ...
Rodney Brooks, famous for the Roomba, argues the humanoid robot craze in Silicon Valley is doomed to fail. Rodney Brooks, famous for the Roomba, argues the humanoid robot craze in Silicon Valley is ...
What’s keeping them off the street is a challenge robotics researchers have circled for decades. Building robots is easier than making them function in the real world. A robot can repeat a TikTok ...
A high-profile robotics expert thinks Elon Musk's AI ambitions are a pipe dream, according to Fortune. Rodney Brooks was the co-founder of iRobot, the creator of the home robot vacuum Roomba. He ...
Could the world’s “biggest product” turn out to be its biggest fantasy? Rodney Brooks, the co-founder of iRobot and a pioneer in autonomous systems, thinks Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robot ...
As the Providence Police Department continues its investigation of Saturday afternoon's Brown University mass shooting that left two dead and nine injured, the Ivy League school's head of campus ...
Some Delawareans say that Founding Father Caesar Rodney should be remembered as a patriot. Others say his legacy is tarnished as an owner of enslaved people. The city of Wilmington removes the Caesar ...
This robot was designed to do your house chores, but a remote human operator might be helping it finish them. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a byline on multiple platforms. He has been ...
Robotics companies have converted the pages of science fiction books into real life, as artificial intelligence-powered humanoid machines are in the early stages of development. The industry is ...
In the early hours of New Year's Day 2021 in Canton, Georgia, Morgan Metzer was awakened to a terrifying sight. A man wearing a mask and all black clothing was standing at her bedroom doorway. The man ...