This is Schaft’s entry into the 2013 DARPA Robotics
Challenge Trials. They won.
There is a lot of talk about Google attempting to automate
the workforce. Others say they are trying to compete with Amazon’s retail
business. Still others claim this is the beginning of The Singularity. Wherever
you stand on the issue, these are but three
of the seven robotics firms Google has purchased.
Andy
Rubin, former CEO of Android, Inc., will be heading up this robotics
division with the help of Romain
Guy, among others. A lot of human and financial capital is going into this
new venture. What is the endgame?
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