Rodney Brooks, the Godfather of Modern Robotics, Says the ...
16 hours ago · He’s the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has Lost Its Way. Rodney Brooks, famous for the Roomba, argues the humanoid robot craze in Silicon Valley is doomed to fail.
He’s the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has ...
1 day ago · In the film, Mr. Brooks was describing an early breakthrough. In the 1980s, limitations on computing constrained robot development. Watching insects, he realized they possessed little …
How iRobot lost its way home - TechCrunch
5 hours ago · Brooks, the founding director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and the robotics field’s resident provocateur, spent the eighties watching insects and having epiphanies ...
Rodney Brooks: The Humanoid Robot Craze is Headed for a Fall
1 day ago · Rodney Brooks, renowned for his work on the Roomba, believes the current obsession with humanoid robots in Silicon Valley is misguided and poised for failure. Explore his insights on the …
Rodney Brooks, the Godfather of Modern Robotics, Warns That ...
1 day ago · Rodney Brooks, the Australian-born roboticist who co‑founded iRobot and helped bring the household Roomba to market, has taken a fresh stance on the direction of contemporary robotics. In …
Rodney Brooks: Modern Robotics Has Lost Its Way
1 day ago · Rodney Brooks, known for his work on robotic vacuum cleaners, has expressed his belief that the current obsession in Silicon Valley with creating robots that resemble humans is ultimately …
An MIT roboticist who cofounded Roomba maker iRobot says Elon ...
Sep 29, 2025 · 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 …