"Famed roboticist and iRobot founder Rodney Brooks has sounded the alarm on a humanoid robot investment bubble. He's not the only one. In a recent essay, Brooks calls out the billions of venture dollars being poured into humanoid robot companies like Figure. His take: despite the amount of money being injected into the industry, humanoids won't be able to learn dexterity - or the fine motor movements with hands- rendering them essentially useless."
"beyond sending humanoids into space in place of human astronauts, he doesn't see a huge market yet. "People who probably haven't seen humanoids before, or haven't kind of been closely following what's happening, they are impressed with what's happening now in humanoids, but we continue to be a little bit conservative and skeptical about the actual use case and the actual revenues that will be generated," Saad said."
"Saad says those concerns mount when humanoids enter people's homes - a goal many humanoid companies are working toward. "If this thing falls on pets or kids, it will hurt them," Saad said. "This is just one aspect of a big hurdle that no one is paying attention to, or very few people are paying attention to. The other thing is, how many people are comfortable with having a humanoid in their home sitting there? What if it got hacked? What if i"
Rodney Brooks warns investors that humanoid robot startups have attracted billions in venture capital despite fundamental technical limits. Brooks contends humanoids cannot learn the fine motor dexterity required for useful hand tasks, limiting their real-world utility. Multiple robotics-focused VCs and AI scientists share skepticism and predict wide adoption is years or decades away. Some VCs see niche markets such as space applications but not broad commercial demand. Safety concerns include collisions with people, pets, or children, risks in homes and factories, and vulnerabilities to hacking. These factors raise doubts about near-term revenues and mass deployment of humanoid robots.
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