Amid layoffs at Google and the tech industry at large, one group of workers at parent company Alphabet that didn't survive economic headwinds? The robots that helped clean the company's cafeterias, ...

Even the robots don’t have job security at Google parent Alphabet. The tech giant pulled the plug on high-priced automatons — which separated trash and squeegeed cafeteria tables — created by robotics ...

Teach a robot to open a door, and it ought to unlock a lifetime of opportunities. Not so for one of Alphabet’s youngest subsidiaries, Everyday Robots. Just over a year after graduating from Alphabet’s ...

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Japanese tech giant SoftBank on Thursday announced that it has bought Boston Dynamics, a company that makes humanoid robots, from Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL). SoftBank is also acquiring Schaft, another ...

Google’s parent company Alphabet is believed to be planning to sell off Boston Dynamics – creators of the awe-inspiring Atlas, LS3 and Alpha Dog robots – because it does not believe the company will ...

Google's Alphabet is adding yet another chapter to its rollercoaster history of robotics projects. The company's R&D lab, dubbed Alphabet X, is working on a new breed of robots that can learn new ...

Alphabet's X, its R&D lab, announced Friday morning that its next big bet is in industrial robotics. Its new early-stage company Intrinsic is a robotics software and AI company that wants to help ...

Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. today announced a new venture, Intrinsic, that will focus on making industrial robots easier and more affordable to use for companies such as manufacturers. Intrinsic ...