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Rodney Brooks: Robots should convey intent to people by 'where they look'

iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks noted that Rethink's robots look toward a target object before reaching to grasp it, which led workers to quickly understand its intent; he questioned why more humanoid robots do not use this way of expressing attention. The conversation also mentioned that Agility's Digit has directional eyes, and that Agility chose task-specific grippers rather than five-fingered hands.

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