Rodney Brooks, who brought us the Roomba automated home vacuum cleaner, believes that the industrial robots of tomorrow will be easy to use, easier to train and more intelligent.
Brooks, Chief Technical Officer of Rethink Robotics, says robots used now are often dangerous to be around and complicated to integrate. He says robots utilized in manufacturing can be key to U.S. competitiveness in the future.
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