“Dexterous robot hands generally available. NET 2030. BY 2040 (I hope!). (Despite some impressive lab demonstrations we have not actually seen any improvement in widely deployed robotic hands or end effectors in the last 40 years.)”
Roboticist; MIT Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics; co-founder and CTO of Robust.AI
Said Jan 1, 2018Deadline Dec 31, 2040Rodney Brooks, "My Dated Predictions," rodneybrooks.com, January 1, 2018
The NET 2030 floor has not been reached; Brooks separately predicts deployable dexterity will remain poor compared with human hands even beyond 2036.