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    Inroads in perception
    Google's recent acquisition of Emu Messenger is just one of many items in recent news about improvements in perception and artificial intelligence (AI)....
    22 August 2014, by

    Pure autonomy: Google’s new purpose-built self driving car
    Google completed a major step in its long and extensive self-driving cars project by presenting its first purpose-built autonomous car, which is designed from scratch for its role and is not a modifie...
    28 May 2014, by

    Is surveillance the new business model for consumer robotics?
    A discussion with Ryan Calo on Google, your personal data, and the consumer robotics market Can someone tell me: What's Google doing, making robots? Or at least: What is it doing, making such acqui...
    06 May 2014, by

    Google & DARPA want divorce | The Verge
    “Google’s new rock star robotics companies, Boston Dynamics and Schaft, still have obligations to DARPA — meaning Google and DARPA are entangled in a shotgun marriage, forced to shar...
    22 March 2014, by

    DARPA’s Gill Pratt on Google’s robotics investments
    When Google bought Boston Dynamics last December, the news made headlines, but it was not the first time the Internet giant has invested in DARPA-funded robotics. As part of Robohub's Big Deals series...
    19 March 2014, by and

    Schunk to Google: Welcome to the robotics game
    The continuing interest of Google in robotics over the last years and its newest activities in this regard confirms what all players active in robotics will confirm: service robotics is on the thresho...
    12 March 2014, by



    Privacy, Google, and Big Deals, with Avner Levin

    Link to audio file (33:53) What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics? Since last December, Google alone has acquired a handful of companies in robotics, hom...
    07 March 2014, by

    Brand strength, cultural influence of consumer-facing giants like Google, Apple and Amazon help legitimize robotics for businesses and investors
    What is one to make of this focus series … Big Deals: What It Means to Have the Giants Investing in Robotics … with the giants being Google, Amazon and Apple (as given in the preamble)? The ass...
    04 March 2014, by

    Valery Komissarova on when investing in robots is the right move
    As part of Robohub’s Big Deals series, startup expert Andra Keay asks Valery Komissarova, Grishin Robotics’ Director of Business Development, about what all the recent robotics acquisitions mean t...
    26 February 2014, by and

    The robots behind your Internet shopping addiction: How your wallet is driving retail automation
    When you're shopping for the best online deals you're probably not thinking much about the massive distribution network required to bring that pair of shoes to your doorstep. Is your quest for the bes...
    25 February 2014, by

    Will companies like Google and Amazon usher in a new era for robotics?
    Amazon announced its plans to launch a new drone delivery service this past December.   Recent eye-popping acquisitions of robotics technology companies by giants like Google and Amazon might sugge...
    18 February 2014, by

    Foxconn and Google cooperating to make robots
        In a Wall Street Journal story by Lorraine Luk, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou met with Google Robotics Division Andy Rubin in Taipei recently and they discussed new robotic techno...
    13 February 2014, by

    Big deals: What it means to have the giants investing in robotics
      If the world outside the robotics community didn't know about Boston Dynamics, Kiva and Nest, they do now. Recent robotics acquisitions and investments by major-league players like Google, Apple a...
    12 February 2014, by

    Alan Winfield on “What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics?”
      Judging by the levels of media coverage and frenzied speculation that has followed each acquisition, the short answer to what does it mean is: endless press exposure. I almost wrote 'priceless exp...
    12 February 2014, by

    Mark Stephen Meadows on “What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics?”
      Google, is the wild card for me.  With more acquisitions (DeepMind, Boston Dynamics, Redwood Robotics, Industrial Perception, Meka, Schaft, and others) than Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microso...
    12 February 2014, by

    AJung Moon on “What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics?”
    We have reasons to feel both excited and uneasy about giant corporations’ investment in robotics. It’s exciting for the robotics community that the giants (Google, Apple, and Amazon) are active...
    12 February 2014, by

    What do Google, Amazon, IBM, Apple, Microsoft and all the airlines and car companies want?
    They want to communicate more accurately, resolve issues faster and with higher levels of satisfaction than at present. They also want to enable more complex communication. And they want to do it amia...
    03 February 2014, by

    Google acquires Nest for $3.2 billion
    In another surprise release to the press, Google announced the acquisition of Nest Labs, the inventor and manufacturer of the stylish learning thermostat device, for $3.2 billion. According to Aaro...
    13 January 2014, by

    Google getting more roboticists with Nest acquisition
    Is Google getting a robot company? Or just another source of roboticists with the Nest acquisition that was announced today? Alongside Google’s recent acquisition of eight robotics companies, there ...
    13 January 2014, by

    Apple, Amazon and now Google: It’s a pretty exciting day for robotics!
    There is serious momentum in robotics these days, evidenced by recent news from Apple, Amazon and Google: Apple announced that they were investing $10.5 billion in supply chain robots and automati...
    14 December 2013, by

    Google buys up robotics companies from DRC
    If you've recently wondered where all the roboticists were going, the answer is to an unassuming complex in Palo Alto. Google has backed Android developer Andy Rubin to acquire at least 7 major roboti...
    04 December 2013, by

    Roadmap for creating Singooglarity?
    Ray Kurzweil, one of the world's leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, announced in December 2012 that he will be joining Google as Director of Engineering to work on new projects involving mach...
    23 January 2013, by

    Stanford hosts panel on making autonomous cars legal
    The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford released a video of their panel discussion on "How an (Autonomous Driving) Bill Becomes Law" that took place earlier this month. The discussion builds o...
    18 November 2012, by

    How an autonomous driving bill becomes law
    Two years ago, no state legislature had even contemplated self-driving cars. Now, three states have passed legislation, several more are considering it, and Nevada's DMV has issued the world's first a...
    06 November 2012, by

    Google+ Hangout extension – Arduino example
    New tutorial- Get your Arduino working with Google+ Hangouts! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1bdxf9tZWw Watch video on YouTube Learn more here...
    27 October 2012, by

    Robot party Google+ hangout
    Join us this week for another exciting edition of the Robot Party! Grab your robots and tell your friends, hope to see cool robots there! Read on for more details!...
    13 September 2012, by

    Future Talk 32-1, Artificial Intelligence
    Interview with Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google, on progress being made in artificial intelligence. Self driving cars are discussed. See on www.youtube.com...
    09 July 2012, by

    Google’s response to Apple’s Siri: Buy Cleversense
    ... Cleversense, a learning AI with a natural language processing front-end - and the developer of the popular Alfred personal assistant app - has been sold to Google for an undisclosed amount. ... Fe...
    19 December 2011, by

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