Nothing is official yet, but according to Popular Science, Google has purchased 8 different robotics companies, each with their own specialties.
Boston Dynamics: This company made the Atlas, and when combined with SCHAFT Inc.'s powerhouse designs, that means a robot that knows how to use it's power. Bot & Dolly's movie experience is all fine and good, but their knowledge of programming robots is most likely the important thing for Google. When it comes to sensitivity and control, Google brought in Redwood Robotics and Meka Robotics. These two companies have made a name for their capabilities to let the robots feel the world around them. Then there's Holomni, specializing in movement. Industrial Perception Inc. provides better vision, and Autofuss will handle advertisements.
What does this mean? It means Google is preparing to make robots. And that's neither good nor bad, it depends on their purpose. Global Domination - probably not great. Smarter cars that stop speeding - that could be useful.
The original article by Popular Science can be found here.
Personally I just want to say,
"This could be interesting."
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