Google has taken a manufacturer of military robots Boston Dynamics. The purchase price, both parties agreed not to disclose. A representative of the Internet Group told the New York Times, it may be ‘existing orders of the military requirements, “but do not plan to become itself an armaments factory.
robot Big Dog (Picture: Boston Dynamics). For Google, it is the eighth acquisition of a robotics specialist in the past six months. Previously, the company already car foot, Bot & Dolly, Shaft, Industrial Perception, Meka, Redwood Robotics and Holomni had bought.
for the development of robots is responsible for Google’s Andy Rubin, who himself came through the purchase of its start-ups Android Inc. to Google. Rubin began his career in the nineties in Germany as a robotics engineer. A robot is also the hallmark of Android.
Boston Dynamics has developed in recent years, several robots that are based on animals, including BigDog, Cheetah and WildCat. The former is a four-legged robot that can move in uneven terrain. In his Youtube channel, the company shows but also examples of humanoid robots.
Customers of Boston Dynamics alongside the U.S. Army include the Marine Corps and naval forces. It is also delivering the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the agency responsible for research projects agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. The company has however also contributed to Sony’s Aibo robotic pet.
Earlier this month, Rubin had presented his latest project: the development of robots. The manager looks in the context of robotics research the advantage of Google is that it can develop both hardware and software.
[With material by Jack Schofield, ZDNet.com]
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