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Early this month, news broke that Google had acquired seven robotics startups and that Andy Rubin, the Google engineer who spearheaded the development of Android, is leading this new robots effort at the company. Google was said to be interested in using robots not for consumer applications but rather in logistics, manufacturing, and related activities. Details, however, were scarce, and Googles robotics plan remains a mystery. The acquisition of Boston Dynamics only makes things more nebulous. The previous robot companies bought by Google were all startups; most were trying to create new robotics technologies that could eventually find commercial applications. Boston Dynamics, on the other hand, was founded nearly 20 years ago and has focused on agile legged robots, relying mostly on military contracts. spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/boston-dynamics-now-belongs-to-google
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:44:43 +0000

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