“Humanoid Robots. Deployable dexterity will remain pathetic compared to human hands beyond 2036. Without new types of mechanical systems walking humanoids will remain too unsafe to be in close proximity to real humans.”
Roboticist; MIT Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus); co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics; co-founder and CTO of Robust.AI
Said Mar 26, 2025Deadline Jan 1, 2036Rodney Brooks, Bluesky post of March 26, 2025, published as "Five new technology predictions for the next decade," rodneybrooks.com, April 14, 2025
Brooks has since elaborated on this in his post "Why Today's Humanoids Won't Learn Dexterity"; the 2036 horizon is open.