Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a ...

We've all seen what artificial intelligence can do on our screens: generate art, carry out conversations and help with written tasks. Soon, AI will be doing more in the physical world. Gartner, a ...

When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away ...

With AI beginning to look as if it has reached a deployment plateau — if not a lessening of hype — high-tech promoters and ...

Rodney Brooks, a robotics pioneer and co-founder of iRobot, warns that today’s humanoid robots are still unsafe for humans.

Elon Musk's Tesla is looking to fill factories with robots. Other firms, like Cartwheel Robotics, are focusing on human ...

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 ...

During a recent trip to Meta HQ, I took the opportunity to ask CTO Andrew Bosworth about its new robotics effort.

The humanoid robot LimX Oli can recognise and pick up tennis balls on its own. The robot decides for itself how it does this.