On Friday Google confirmed that it
had completed the purchase of Boston Dynamics, a military grade robotic
engineering company that has designed mobile research robots for the
Pentagon (VIDEO).
Executives
at the Internet giant are very cautious about what exactly they plan to
do with their robot collection, but Boston Dynamics and its machines
can bring significant cachet to Google’s robotic efforts.
Boston Dynamics was founded in 1992 by Marc Raibert, a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
It
has not sold robots commercially, but has pushed the limits of mobile
and off-road robotics technology, mostly for Pentagon clients like the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa.
Boston
Dynamics specialise in animal kingdom-inspired creations. They are
known for being incredibly agile, and have the ability to scale all
types of challenging terrains.
The
company has gained a reputation for machines that walk with an amazing
sense of balance and ability to run faster than the fastest humans.
It is the eighth robotics company that Google has acquired in the last half-year.
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