Google appears to be making the next step in its quest for robotics domination. Recently, Former Android chief Andy Rubin switched roles to lead Google’s robotics division, and the company acquired eight robotics companies last year—including, most recently, Boston Dynamics, which has done work for DARPA and the Pentagon. Now Google appears to be building a “robotic operating system for manufacturers,” with Foxconn serving as a testbed, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
“Foxconn has been working with former Android executive Andy Rubin since last year to carry out the US company’s vision for robotics,” the report said. “To speed up robot deployment at its own factories, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou met with Rubin in Taipei recently and they discussed new robotic technologies, [sources] said. At the meeting, Gou expressed excitement over new automation technologies demonstrated by Rubin, they said.”
via ars technica
Image: Boston Dynamics
