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 ...

Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks warns $39B humanoid robot investments chase impossible goals while practical wheeled ...

Unitree Robotics has launched the R1, a remarkable humanoid robot capable of walking, running, dancing, cartwheeling, and even kung-fu kicks. It can also respond to voice commands and hold basic ...

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals ...

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 ...

Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying ...

"Only Murders in the Building" star Michael Cyril Creighton and EP John Hoffman unpack show's new robot and the fan-favorite who voices him ...

In September 2025, a story about an artificial-intelligence robot that apparently was the first of its kind to experience post-traumatic stress disorder spread across social media. According to the ...

If you live in the Swiss municipality of Regensdorf, you may soon be getting packages delivered to your doorstep by a robot. The region is the location of a field test that was just launched by Swiss ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadowboxing skills and shot arrows earlier this month at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they ...

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