“As with self driving cars, most of the early players in humanoid robots will quietly shut up shop and disappear. Those that remain will pivot and redefine what they are doing, without renaming it, to something more achievable and with, finally, plausible business cases. But make no mistake, the successful humanoid robots of tomorrow will be very different from those being hyped today.”

Rodney BrooksResearcher

Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus), MIT; CTO and co-founder of Robust AI

Written as commentary on his ten-year technology predictions, which run through January 1, 2036.