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IEEE Spectrum Robotics News: Google Acquires Seven Robot Companies

Hi peeps.

Found this really interesting news article from IEEE Spectrum Robotics News and The New York Times. Apparently, Andy Rubin who is an engineer in the Google office (who had also built the Android software) is spearheading Google's move to have a bigger role in the world's robotics scene. A total of seven robotics and AI companies in Japan and United States has been acquired so far.
Among the companies are Schaft, a small team of Japanese roboticists who recently left Tokyo University to develop a humanoid robot, and Industrial Perception, a start-up here that has developed computer vision systems and robot arms for loading and unloading trucks. Also acquired were Meka and Redwood Robotics, makers of humanoid robots and robot arms in San Francisco, and Bot & Dolly, a maker of robotic camera systems that were recently used to create special effects in the movie “Gravity.” A related firm, Autofuss, which focuses on advertising and design, and Holomni, a small design firm that makes high-tech wheels, were acquired as well. 
The seven companies are capable of creating technologies needed to build a mobile, dexterous robot. Mr. Rubin said he was pursuing additional acquisitions- IEEE Spectrum
Picture credit to http://www.extremetech.com
Robotics is definitely the way forward. Like it or not, robots will be an important part of human lives in the future. 

And i am hugely relieved that the 7 companies included a few portfolios of humanoid robot development.

A truly wise decision indeed to focus on humanoids :)

Head over to The New York Times, TIME Business and Money and IEEE Spectrum Robotics for more detailed news.

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