Make it about machine learning – that seems to be a theme behind Google’s return to robotics, an effort that reportedly has more to do with software than creating mechanical creatures that resemble human beings. The move could influence how robots develop for use in...
If at first one doesn’t succeed … Google is reportedly back in the robotics game, according to a The New York Times report. It said the company “has quietly been retooling an ambitious, but troubled, robotics program that was once led by an executive who left the...
SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications company, announced late last week a subsidiary of SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics from Alphabet. In a press release, Softbank said the deal aligns with its investments in paradigm-shifting technologies and its vision...
Among many other subjects, the late, great Hunter S. Thompson was one of the world’s foremost experts on weirdness of all kinds. One of our favorite — and more often quoted — observations from Dr. Gonzo on the subject is a good catch-all for when it seems the...
June 15, 2023
Within every dreamt-up human future, there have always been robots. Outside of flying cars, no other sci-fi fabrication so firmly places a scene in the “future” as the presence of walking, talking, human-shaped robots. Now, Hollywood directors and science fiction authors are going to have to come up with something new — because humanoid robots […]
April 29, 2017
Among many other subjects, the late, great Hunter S. Thompson was one of the world’s foremost experts on weirdness of all kinds. One of our favorite — and more often quoted — observations...
March 27, 2019
If at first one doesn’t succeed … Google is reportedly back in the robotics game, according to a The New York Times report. It said the company “has quietly been retooling an ambitious, but troubled, robotics program that was once led by an executive who left the company amid accusations of sexual harassment.” As PYMNTS covered in 2017, SoftBank, […]
June 12, 2017
SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications company, announced late last week a subsidiary of SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics from Alphabet. In a press...
February 25, 2016
Google’s parent company has created a new and improved robot and showed off what it can do in a video. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Alphabet Inc. released a...
