MIT Technology Review

The human work behind humanoid robots is being hidden

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.
Opinion

An MIT roboticist who cofounded bankrupt robot vacuum maker iRobot says Elon Musk’s vision of humanoid robot assistants is pure fantasy thinking

Rodney Brooks said future “humanoid” robots will have wheels and multiple arms.
Yahoo

MIT roboticist calls out Elon Musk for 'pure fantasy' vision of humanoid robot assistants: '[They] will be long gone and mostly conveniently forgotten'

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 ...

‘Check back in 15 years’: Robotics legend Rodney Brooks rejects AI hype but won’t call it a bubble

The entrepreneur and former MIT professor thinks practical humanoid robots and superintelligence are centuries away.