ClaimsRodney Brooks

“As with self driving cars, most of the early players in humanoid robots, will quietly shut up shop and disappear.”

Rodney Brooks, blog author 1 January 2026 Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01 (rodneybrooks.com) archived copy

Prediction Economics and markets

Most of the early humanoid robot companies will quietly shut down and disappear, as happened with self driving car companies.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

No deadline stated and 'most' companies shutting down is a future outcome that hasn't yet played out.

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Rodney Brooks, “Most of the early humanoid robot companies will quietly shut down and disappear, as happened with self driving car companies.” (said 1 January 2026). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_060ea8ea3c4d, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_060ea8ea3c4d

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