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Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot, Pic: Boston Dynamics

Google sells ‘Terrifying’ Robotics Company

It’s reported that Google’s parent company Alphabet is selling the pioneering robotics company Boston Dynamics, less than three years after acquiring it in 2013. I’ve had some fun making jokes about Boston Dynamics, and the Terminator-style future suggested by their two and four-legged robots. Now it appears that the PR division at Alphabet actually took the creepy factor […]

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Robot Runs Amok [Video]

This video is basically bad news for anyone who hopes for a future for humanity, free of robot domination. We’ve covered Boston Dynamics before. They’re the company developing extraordinary robots that can walk and even run. Google acquired them two years ago. This latest video shows an impressive bipedal robot that simply pushes open the door […]

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Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot, Pic: Boston Dynamics

I For One Welcome Our New Robot Overlords

So Google is indexing all human knowledge, it knows where you are and what you want, and now it’s gone and bought this company which is developing creepy walking scary running robots for the US military. [youtube]http://youtu.be/wE3fmFTtP9g[/youtube] The New York Times reports that Google will honour the existing contracts which its new acquisition, Boston Dynamics, has […]

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