CAMBRIDGE - Rodney Brooks, the iRobot co-founder who's now behind Boston-based manufacturing robot maker Rethink Robotics, said Wednesday that a natural next frontier for Rethink's human-like ...

People project a lot onto these robots, even though they’re not of human form.” Even so, Brooks explained, future home robots could certainly benefit from better adapting to their environments.

A human-sized robot casually walking down 7 Mile Road in Detroit has captured viral attention online and stopped pedestrians ...

How many people have operated their own robot? A lot more than you might think, Rethink Robotics founder and CTO Rodney Brooks would say. "I tell everyone, 'You're driving around inside a robot ...

There's a larger issue with this kind of robot. I saw Digit in action at CES 2025 and, while impressive, it was painfully slow at most tasks. If you've ever seen your Amazon delivery person hop ...

We’re thrilled to announce that two roboticists at the forefront of HRI — Rodney Brooks, founder and CTO of Robust.AI (and co-inventor of Roomba, the popular household robot), along with Clara ...

Four uncrewed robotic sailboats known as “Voyagers” have been put into service by the Danish Armed Forces for a three-month trial.

Rodney Brooks shares, in the first of Newsweek’s AI Impact interview series, what 50 years of experience has taught him about AI hype cycles Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty "Everything new ...

Rodney Brooks, the iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT) co-founder that's now behind Boston-based manufacturing robot maker Rethink Robotics, said Wednesday that a natural next frontier for Rethink's human-like ...

There's a larger issue with this kind of robot. I saw Digit in action at CES 2025 and, while impressive, it was painfully slow at most tasks. If you've ever seen your Amazon delivery person hop ...