How Google's meandering, secretive, non-committal robotics efforts since 2013 slowed progress in the field
Its scattered, ambiguous, frequently abandoned objectives for its string of big acquisitions have hurt the whole field. — In 1982, Blade Runner introduced the world to replicants … Tweets: @manukumar , @business , and @mhbergen Tweets: Manu Kumar / @manukumar : 'Ultimately, Google's run on roboticists “held the industry back more than moving it forward,"' http://www.bloomberg.com/... @business : Google's scattered, ambiguous, frequently abandoned robotic endeavors hurt the whole field http://www.bloomberg.com/... http://twitter.com/... Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : It's been four years since Google scooped up its cadre of robots. @joshuabrustein and I wrote about the Replicant effect. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Expand More For Next Unexpand More For Next