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Andy Rubin Is Heading a Secret Robotics Project At Google

Posted by Unknown on from the smells-like-the-animatrix dept.

sfcrazy writes "The creator of the most sought after 'Android' of the world has been secretly working on creating a robotics division within Google. The search engine giant has acquired over seven robotics companies recently to create the robotics unit which is being headed by none other than Andy Rubin himself. Andy made the disclosure in an interview given to the New York Times." Their initial goal is to automate the woefully manual process of electronics manufacturing.

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  1. Re:Going to change everything by Saethan · · Score: 5, Informative

    not everybody will be in the top 1%

    In fact, I'd be willing to say about 1% of people will be in the top 1%