Google moves into military robotics realm

[ErikJ]

Google is scooping up robotics firms like nobody's business, buying eight in six months. The tech giant confirmed Friday its latest acquisition with Boston Dynamics, an engineering company known for developing battlefield bots for the U.S. military.

It's unknown how much Google paid for Boston Dynamics or what exactly Google plans to do with all the robot knowledge, according to the New York Times. But it is part of a bigger push into the field of robotics led by Andy Rubin, the man who developed the Android platform for smartphones, according to CNN Money.

The impressive robots made by Dynamics include one called the Cheetah, which holds the record for fastest legged robot in the world and another named Atlas, a humanoid robot that climbs using hands and feet.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/16/google-boston-dynamics-robots/4038915/

[CFLDem]

1. Cue The Terminator theme

[Amonester]

8. It's more The "PETMAN" theme

(for now)

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(go to 1:35)

[zebonaut]

2. Googles Real Goal:

[greiner3]

3. Cheetah, hell no;

It only does half that speed!

[Archae]

4. Just as long as this guy isn't in charge.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. Resistance is futile...

[ErikJ]

6. Google it

[robbob]

7. Um....lets see it try running

on some real terrain. It would probably fall over within seconds, and then how does it get back up? Not impressed...

[Amonester]

9. Is that the same goo-gle that collects all our personal data??

And give it to...