“Driverless taxi services in 50 major US cities. NET 2028 — it will be at least 2028 before there are 50 major US cities with driverless taxi services.”
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 Jan 1, 2028Rodney Brooks, "My Dated Predictions," rodneybrooks.com, January 1, 2018; re-scored in Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01
Driverless ride services operate in only a handful of US metros; Brooks pre-called this NET 2028 prediction as safe in his January 2026 scorecard, saying it is 'not going to happen in 2027.'