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How many people have operated their own robot? A lot more than you might think, Rethink Robotics founder and CTO Rodney Brooks would say. "I tell everyone, 'You're driving around inside a robot ...
Rethink Robotics co-founder and CTO, former CSAIL director and all-around robot luminary Rodney Brooks joined the Disrupt New York stage this afternoon to tackle some complex questions, ranging ...
A small soft robot composed of strategically magnetized polymers could one day find its way into human bodies.
Rethink Robotics recently released its new Baxter robot, which is designed to automate tasks for manufacturers. The robot is not the stuff of sci-fi movies--at least not yet. But the company also ...
CAMBRIDGE - Rodney Brooks, the iRobot co-founder who's now behind Boston-based manufacturing robot maker Rethink Robotics, said Wednesday that a natural next frontier for Rethink's human-like ...
Ars on your lunch break, part one: Rodney Brooks and robot ethics Rob Reid returns for a second week, this time focusing on the nature of robot labor.
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.