"I saw how fascinated my students were whenever I talked about serial killers. I became fascinated myself by how riveted ...

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In slow movements, each gunmetal gray robot grabs a towel by its corners, flattens it out, folds it twice, and deposits it ...

With AI beginning to look as if it has reached a deployment plateau — if not a lessening of hype — high-tech promoters and ...

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

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

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

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

Mr. Rodney K. Dodge, 59 of Schuyler, passed away unexpectedly on September 30, 2025. Rodney was born on March 19, 1966, the son of Kenneth and Eleanor (Keyser) Dodge. He was raised locally, was a 1984 ...