"Robots will NOT soon replace most human workers." This is the consensus among roboticists (even if "soon" is "within 25 years"). of recent lively debate @IROS2025 robotics conference in China is now available on @YouTube and Bilibili: https://
iros25.org/Debates
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Roboticists Debate: Robots Won’t Soon Replace Most Workers
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Early Robot Research: Running Before Walking Innovation
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Great points Jack! My first year of grad school I worked in that lab where Marc, Jeff, Jessica, Mike, and Ben were brilliantly bucking conventional wisdom by showing that robots could run before they could walk… https://t.co/XKYxdm5Jd2
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 11 novembre 2025Great points Jack! My first year of grad school I worked in that lab where Marc, Jeff, Jessica, Mike, and Ben were brilliantly bucking conventional wisdom by showing that robots could run before they could walk…
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Closing the 100,000-Year Data Gap in Robotics
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Looking fwd to discussions after this today 11:40am-12:40pm ET: "How to Close the 100,000-Year 'Data Gap' in Robotics" | @Columbia University https://
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Engineering Solutions to Close Robotics Data Gap Across Universities
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Looking fwd to speaking and discussions on “Good Old Fashioned Engineering Can Close the 100,000 Year 'Data Gap' in Robotics,” this Tues 3:30pm @Penn
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Cleaning, Augmenting, and Curating Demonstration Data
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Cleaning, augmenting, and curating demonstration data.
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Neural Networks Power Optimus Robot Despite Object Interaction Challenges
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But avoiding cars and pedestrians is very different than interacting with complex deformable objects: “Same neural networks will power Optimus humanoid robot.” https://t.co/uOThutuKzc
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 24 octobre 2025But avoiding cars and pedestrians is very different than interacting with complex deformable objects: “Same neural networks will power Optimus humanoid robot.”
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Card Dealing Robot Demonstrates Impressive Dexterity at IROS2025
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Agreed. Dealing cards requires dexterity; this was the most impressive demo I saw @IROS2025. (Clever choice btw as cards are lightweight and 22-dof hands are heavy) https://t.co/yTHvrFfWqP
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 23 octobre 2025Agreed. Dealing cards requires dexterity; this was the most impressive demo I saw @IROS2025
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Robot Dance Performance Featured in Article
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Honored that our robot dance performance was included in this excellent article:
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AUTOLab Students Present Four Papers at IROS2025 Hangzhou
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Looking fwd to @AUTOLab students presenting 4 papers @IROS2025 this week in Hangzhou, starting today with "A 'Botany-Bot' for Digital Twin Monitoring of Occluded and Underleaf Plant Structures" co-authored with @funmilore @shuangyuXxx & our collaborators @Siemens Eugene Solowjow.
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Humanoid Robots Debate Organized by Ken Goldberg at IROS2025
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Very impressive! "Humanoids Will Soon Replace Most Human Workers: True or False?" I'm organizing a debate with @UnitreeRobotics CEO and 5 other experts @IROS2025 on Wed, 22 Oct in Hangzhou: https://t.co/V86qRHgJst https://t.co/b0mdnAx7D4
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 13 octobre 2025Very impressive! "Humanoids Will Soon Replace Most Human Workers: True or False?" I'm organizing a debate with @UnitreeRobotics CEO and 5 other experts @IROS2025 on Wed, 22 Oct in Hangzhou: https://
iros25.org/Debates