Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors pouring billions into humanoid robot startups: you’re wasting your money. Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at…
Read more Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst | TechCrunchThe savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. The larger of the two was, naturally, the electric Atlas announcement. As I write…
Read more Humanoid robots are learning to fall well | TechCrunchPilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Last year, Amazon began testing Agility’s Digit robots in select fulfillment centers, while this January, Figure announced…
Read more Mercedes begins piloting Apptronik humanoid robots | TechCrunchJohnson-Roberson is one of those double threats who offers insight from two different — and important — perspectives. In addition to his long academic career, which most recently…
Read more Robotics Q&A: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson | TechCrunchAnnounced amid a deluge of news at this week’s Delivering the Future event in Seattle was word that Amazon will begin testing Agility’s Digit in a move that…
Read more Humanoid robots face a major test with Amazon’s Digit pilots | TechCrunch
