When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away ...

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

Roomba maker iRobot cofounder Rodney Brooks argued that Musk's vision of an Optimus robot-filled future is "pure fantasy thinking." ...

Despite the amount of money being injected into the industry, humanoids won't be able to learn dexterity -- or the fine motor ...

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 ...

Rodney Brooks, a robotics pioneer and co-founder of iRobot, warns that today’s humanoid robots are still unsafe for humans.

Investors are pouring billions into companies pitching humanoid robots, but functional versions are decades away.

Soccer is getting a high-tech upgrade in Beijing this weekend, and the players aren’t just fast — they’re fully robotic. The RoBoLeague World Robot Soccer League will host its final match in the ...