Sunday, December 15, 2013

Google Robots

Google expands its robot army with acquisition of 'Bigdog' maker Boston Dynamics | VentureBeat | Deals | by Dylan Tweney:

This time they are not software "bots" that scrape web pages for search,
but real mechanical walking military "things"...
Why does Google needs them? Scary?

All hail the GoogleBots: Here's a look at the 7 robot companies Google just acquired | VentureBeat | Business | by Ricardo Bilton
The companies, all of which have been scooped up in the last year or so, are all a part of former Android boss Andy Rubins’s new Google robotics venture

Android creator Andy Rubin's secret Google project revealed: Robots! | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Devindra Hardawar

So "Android" name was not random, it may be a real "terminator-like"...

Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots - NYTimes.com
...clearest indication yet that Google is intent on building a new class of autonomous systems that might do anything from warehouse work to package delivery and even elder care.



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