Each of the essays in this volume ranges widely across technical and philosophical domains. They examine both familiar automatons from throughout his…

- Rodney Brooks

When I look out in the future, I can't imagine a world, 500 years from now, where we don't have robots everywhere.

- Rodney Brooks

When people lose faith in the idea, you have to let them go, because they start to undermine it for everyone else.

- Rodney Brooks

If we are machines, then in principle at least, we should be able to build machines out of other stuff, which are just as alive as we are.

- Rodney Brooks

I begin by looking for megatrends, changes in the world that will create major new demands. My goal is to create a company that can be there to meet …

- Rodney Brooks

So robots are good at very simple things like cleaning the floor, like doing a repetitive task. Our robots have a little tiny bit of common sense. Ou…

- Rodney Brooks

Well, I think we are seeing some shifts in manufacturing. China, when you go in and you talk to the big manufacturers there, the biggest problems in …

- Rodney Brooks

I always tell people, it's never too late to start saving for retirement. It's not that important how much you have already saved. What's important i…

- Rodney Brooks

My talent is getting things to work that people think are many decades in the future. I say we can make them happen now.

- Rodney Brooks