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Google just aquired Boston Dynamics
    #19273985 - 12/14/13 10:06 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/technology/google-adds-to-its-menagerie-of-robots.html?_r=0


From what it looks like to me, Google now has closer ties to the US government, and i would argue - the military industrial complex.

What do you think the implications of this company move are?

What do you see as happening for the government and the company?

Does this effect your view of Google?


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: 404]
    #19274010 - 12/14/13 10:16 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I was going to say I'd never heard of this company, but I think I had seen a video of that "bigdog" robot before. I don't know enough about the topic to really speculate on the implications for the future, but engineering wise it looked very impressive.


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: 404] * 1
    #19274017 - 12/14/13 10:19 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Google = GOvernment Ogle.

Offshore Data Centers "Manned" with never seasick 24/7 robots?


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: 404]
    #19274041 - 12/14/13 10:25 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I'd take a ride on that Wildcat...



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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19274050 - 12/14/13 10:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Google just thinks robotics is cool, and well... it is!


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: vinsue] * 1
    #19274064 - 12/14/13 10:31 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)



And so it begins.....If you google search anything suspicious this thing shows up at your front door "Citizen, we must do a sweep of your house for your own safety."


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: Legend]
    #19274467 - 12/14/13 12:00 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Legend said:
Google just thinks robotics is cool, and well... it is!





So does the Pentagon. in fact, Boston Dynamics mostly works on Department of Defense contracts.

These robots will most likely put into a war zone.


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: 404]
    #19274517 - 12/14/13 12:12 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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StateOfMind404 said:
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Legend said:
Google just thinks robotics is cool, and well... it is!





So does the Pentagon. in fact, Boston Dynamics mostly works on Department of Defense contracts.

These robots will most likely put into a war zone.




Makes me wonder if there will be a day when we fight each others robots, instead of people.


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: 404]
    #19274879 - 12/14/13 02:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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StateOfMind404 said:
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Legend said:
Google just thinks robotics is cool, and well... it is!





So does the Pentagon. in fact, Boston Dynamics mostly works on Department of Defense contracts.

These robots will most likely put into a war zone.



Not anymore, now that they have been bought by Google.  Google clearly has other plans.

People on this site are ridiculous with their :tinfoil:.


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #19274945 - 12/14/13 02:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Not anymore, now that they have been bought by Google.  Google clearly has other plans.

People on this site are ridiculous with their :tinfoil:.




Yeah, google has been pretty open/upfront about their autonomous car development.  This seems like a logical acquisition for that.  Google inherited the company AND their patents.


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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: badchad]
    #19274978 - 12/14/13 02:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

this was google's 8th robotic company they've bought in the last 6 months. I think DARPA is who funds a lot of these robotics projects for future military purposes.




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Re: Google just aquired Boston Dynamics [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #19275017 - 12/14/13 02:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Yes, DARPA has provided much of the funding for these projects.


badchad brings up a good point with the autonomous automobile, however, humanoid and four legged robots don't really have anything to do with the automobile. you can RC a car without those kinds of projects.

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pwnasaurus said:
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StateOfMind404 said:
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Legend said:
Google just thinks robotics is cool, and well... it is!





So does the Pentagon. in fact, Boston Dynamics mostly works on Department of Defense contracts.

These robots will most likely put into a war zone.




Not anymore, now that they have been bought by Google.




How do you know that? do you really think just because Boston Dynamics has been bought by a tech company that they will just cease any robotics projects funded by the government? If anything, things might be a little more streamlined now that Google has oversight of things.

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  Google clearly has other plans.




Do tell!

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People on this site are ridiculous with their :tinfoil:.




what's so tinfoil about it? the government -the pentagon -  has been funding these projects for quite some time. guess what most of their funding goes to? the defense budget. there's nothing tinfoil about it, just how it is.


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