Google wants to sell Boston Dynamics and Humanoid Robots

Google would he have lost faith in the field of robotics? It seems so, since the US giant has decided to separate its flagship Boston Dynamics.

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We remember that Google had bought Boston Dynamics in 2013, as we mentioned in this section at the time, yet despite the success of this company specialized in robotics, the American firm wants to sell it.



Google wants to sell Boston Dynamics and humanoid robots

It is through Bloomberg that the new filtered because since the passage as Alphabet, both companies appear not to have the same objectives and the same ambitions. The Mountain View company had yet disbursed $ 500 million, but the recent debates over athleticism robots now seem to have taken a cold to seat at Google.

You probably discovered the dog robot from Boston Dynamics we talked about in this section , or Atlas humanoid robot that works better and better. You may also be able to view the video reindeer Santa Claus , who had frightened many people. It is precisely all these videos and articles raising the specter that one day these robots can replace humans, which pushed the US giant to ask the question if he really wanted his name or a partner day a probable social catastrophe around the world.

Google has notably said: " The trade press is excited, but we also see the emergence of negative opinions, who worry about its terrifying side, ready to confiscate their work to humans ." Concerns increasingly personalities on the potential of robots and artificial intelligence are beginning to take more and more space in the debates on the subject. Another moral issue that animated social networks and spilled much ink in the press, the recent video where we see an employee abusing a robot suddenly hockey stick, making him fall to the ground. The "humanoid" aspect immediately brings out a wave of compassion and indignation among many people.

Amazon and Toyota are already in the race for the acquisition of Boston Dynamics

Furthermore, leaders at Google told the Bloomberg TV channel that Boston Dynamics was " not able to design a marketable product in the coming years ," as involving " change of management team and collaboration between business failures . " Financial services at Google also want to put a serious turn of the screw in the less profitable projects of the firm, or limit the amount of certain financial chasms, to satisfy investors.

It is this convergence of factors pushing Alphabet to review its in robotics and for sale Boston Dynamics. It seems that Amazon and Toyota are already in the starting blocks to resume this flagship robotics.



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