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 ...

The roboticist also points out how adult-human-sized humanoid robots pose significant safety challenges in shared human ...

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 ...

MIT and NVIDIA Research researchers have developed a powerful new algorithm that drastically accelerates how robots plan their actions. Robots may complete intricate, multistep manipulation tasks in ...

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.

The X1 robot system combines a humanoid G1 robot with a hybrid drone. Together, they are intended to be able to reach hard-to ...

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