Roomba-maker iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks gives ‘biggest reason’ why humanoid robots cannot be like humans, sends message to Elon Musk
Rodney Brooks, the roboticist who co-founded iRobot, has issued a warning: The vision of humanoid robots as catchall assistants is “pure fantasy thinking”. This comes as investors pour billions into the race to build human-like machines and Tesla CEO Elon Musk envisions that the company’s “Optimus robots will be able to play the piano and…