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819 Roomba Creator Says Humanoid Robots Are Overhyped

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Rocket Drew @ The Information · 04/03/2025 10:46 EDT

It’s not every day you hear a robotics founder trying to cool the hype surrounding their industry, but Rodney Brooks has seen it all before. Speaking at a conference Tuesday hosted by Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI, Brooks, a founder of multiple robotics companies including the one behind Roomba vacuums, showed attendees a slide on “AI hype cycles I have seen” in his decades-long career. It contained no fewer than 28 examples, with humanoid robots and AI agents capping off the list.Brooks is a p

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