Alphabet,
Google's mother or father company, was reported to become looking to unload
robotics division Boston Dynamics in March.
It
would seem this has been achieved, with sources telling Tech Insider how the
deal is almost completed.
The
company that is going to be acquiring Boston Dynamics is the one and only
Toyota. The price of the acquisition is not revealed, but Tech Insider's source
claims how the "ink is nearly dry" for that agreement.
According
to the sooner report, Alphabet executives did not think that Boston Dynamics
can create a consumer product next few years, leading to the decision to
consider a buyer for the system. In addition, tension has arisen between
Alphabet and also the team of Boston Character.
Toyota's
purchase of Boston Dynamics was known by a former employee from the robotics
arm as a "friendly buyout" because of the connections that it needs
to the Toyota Research Start, which was established within November 2015.
The
Toyota Investigation Institute, which was created to pay attention to research
on artificial cleverness and robotics, has Gill Pratt because its CEO. Pratt
used to utilize Boston Dynamics CEO as well as founder Marc Raibert in the
Massachusetts Institute of Technologies.
Several
Google employees focusing on robotics have left the organization to move to the
actual Toyota Research Institute, such as Google robotics division co-founder
Wayne Kuffner and Boston Character operations manager Joseph Bondaryk.
America
military funded most from the early projects of Birkenstock Boston Dynamics,
and when it had been acquired by Google, it allowed the group to honor its
existing contracts using the military's Defense Advanced Studies Agency.
Google, however, wasn't interested in creating army robots.
Tension
between Search engines and Boston Dynamics increased in 2014, when Google
robotics department co-founder Andy Rubin left the organization. Rubin allowed
Boston Dynamics to handle its own research, but Google began to push for the
team to operate on a product they could release to customers.
The
sale to Toyota will be a good situation for each Google and Boston Character,
as Google will be eliminating a source of pressure, and Boston Dynamics won't
be pushed to create the consumer product, as the Toyota Research Institute is
concentrated on research.
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