The Boston Globe

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

For Rodney Brooks, thinking up a better way to build robots was the easy part. It took him a dozen years and 14 failed business strategies to turn his idea into Roomba, the first profitable household ...
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Rodney Brooks slams AI hype and predicts robotics progress in 15 years

Few voices in artificial intelligence carry as much weight as Rodney Brooks. As a co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics, a former director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ...
The New York Times

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. Rodney Brooks, famous for the Roomba, argues the humanoid robot craze in Silicon Valley is ...