Hard on the heels of Amazon’s recent announcement that it’s planning deliveries by drone, Google this week acknowledged that it has embarked on a new robotics effort under the leadership of former Android head Andy Rubin. “I am excited about Andy Rubin’s next project,” said Google cofounder and CEO Larry Page. “His last big bet, Android, started off as a crazy idea that ended up putting a supercomputer in hundreds of millions of pockets. It is still very early days for this, but I can’t wait to see the progress.”
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Google Makes Robotics Its Next 'Crazy Idea'
Posted by: Peter Suciu December 4, 2013 01:18 PMHard on the heels of Amazon’s recent announcement that it’s planning deliveries by drone, Google this week acknowledged that it has embarked on a new robotics effort under the leadership of former Android head Andy Rubin. “I am excited about Andy Rubin’s next project,” said Google cofounder and CEO Larry Page. “His last big bet, Android, started off as a crazy idea that ended up putting a supercomputer in hundreds of millions of pockets. It is still very early days for this, but I can’t wait to see the progress.”