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Google's Robotics Group Lacks Leadership (businessinsider.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Google has been snapping up promising robotics companies for the past several years, placing them in a division internally called "Replicant." But the division itself is struggling to come together, not having consistent leadership since Andy Rubin left in 2014. One robotics employee said, "The technology pieces we have are incredible. We just have to commit to a particular direction to go in and focus." While Google has accumulated bleeding-edge hardware and software systems, it hasn't been able to bring them together yet in any meaningful way. "Sources say that after Rubin left, there was no one who knew how to tie all the disparate acquisitions together. Rubin had provided a destination, but the team no longer had a road map or a guide to get there."
Why would anyone with the characteristics of leadership (at least, a US citizen) work for Google in the first place?
They opportunity to work on some really cool things with a bunch of really smart people, with a huge amount of funding available, and a place with really nice fringe benefits? Oh yeah, and also get paid a lot to do so.
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