Rodney Brooks, founder and chief technology officer of Robust.AI, sits down with Assistant Managing Editor Kerry Dolan to discuss how he came up with the idea of the Roomba vacuum cleaner and the future of robotics.
00:00 Introduction
00:41 The Journey From Australia To Stanford
06:43 How Insects Inspired the Invention of the Roomba
12:02 Robust AI And Intelligent Carts
16:32 Pricing Roomba
18:49 Skepticism About Humanoid Robots
24:50 American Innovation
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