Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat
This is surprising to me. It seems that many prominent Googlers are very optimistic about robotics.<p>For example, in the FAQ of Jeff Dean&#x27;s recent talk in Seoul, he mentioned how Deep Learning has a lot of potential to reinvent the field of robotics. Also, Demis Hassabis recently tweeted about progress in learning 3-D environments. I&#x27;d be surprised if Google <i>wasn&#x27;t</i> looking into general purpose robotics...<p>Perhaps Google is disappointed in their robotics acquisitions and wants to start from scratch? It seems that they are farther on the software front than anyone at the point. I wonder what they&#x27;ll do in their hardware&#x2F;power divisions...<p>(Also, it kind of seems like Tesla and Google are on a crash course here. Tesla is ahead in power&#x2F;hardware and is developing a top-tier AI team for self-driving cars. Elon also seems very interested in Robotics + AI. Google seems to be working from the opposite end.)