Why iRobot's founder won't go within 10 feet of today's walking robots
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- Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks advises maintaining a distance of at least 3 meters from full-size walking robots due to safety concerns.
- Current bipedal humanoids are unsafe for human proximity because of the massive kinetic energy they generate while walking.
- Brooks criticizes the belief that humanoid robots will soon replace human workers by learning dexterity from videos, citing missing fundamentals like the sense of touch.
- Despite AI advancements, hardware challenges like physical interaction and sensory input remain significant hurdles for humanoid robots.
- Tech leaders like Elon Musk and Brett Adcock envision massive economic potential for humanoid robots, but Brooks warns of over-optimism.