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Xoogler here. There is zero chance that Google would get into this market. All the internal talk lately is about "only creating businesses at Google scale" whic
by jpm_sd 11y ago
Xoogler here. There is zero chance that Google would get into this market. All the internal talk lately is about "only creating businesses at Google scale" which means $billions in potential revenue, or GTFO.
- grandalf 11y agoYes. And thus Google treads softly down the path to becoming a defense contractor.
- massemphasis 11y agoThat is the only path not available to the dominating robotics countries of Germany, Japan and Korea who are literally under the gun not to develop such arms and weapons (without approval of the US).
- i_laugh_at_you 11y agoI don't believe you. Virtually maybe but literally? Even if virtual I still do not believe you. Sounds like hyperbole.
- massemphasis 11y agoLiterally the US can dictate what kind arms they can develop. It is required they comply to receive consideration for US military aid and to remain under the US nuclear umbrella (from other nuclear armed countries like China, India, Russia, etc...).
- NotSammyHagar 11y agoThose countries also don't want to spend too much money on their military. So they can't develop nukes, their citizens don't want that. We actually want them to spend more, not less, like Japan. South Korea actually built automatic turret guns that shoot without human control. So I call BS on the evil us wants to stop them from building robots.
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- emcq 11y agoThis if exactly the perspective at funding large projects at IBM Research. Interesting that the industry R&D labs fund more like top VCs in that regard.
- shas3 11y agoI can think of few large companies that don't strategize that way, yet there is usually room for widgets.
- sounds 11y agoI just hope Google learns from Android (the phone) and applies "lessons learned" when they start making androids (real robots).
- massemphasis 11y agoThat is not surprising since the robotics market is already dominated by other companies from Germany, Japan, and Korea. DARPA made the mistake of opening their competition to Korea, and Korea dominated the competition with an innovative robotic design. It was obviously far ahead in terms of practicality and their design could already be used today. Google is trying to enter a market already dominated and pieced out.
- conceit 11y agoAs a German with an interest in computer and electrical engineering looking for a viable career path, I'd like to know, what companies are y'all talking about?
- rasz_pl 11y agofor example Festo
- eigenvalue 11y agoAnd KUKA, which makes the best arms in the industry.
- conceit 11y agoThat's the kinda arms-industry I like.
- DannyBee 11y agoFWIW, this is not "lately". It was the same talk 10 years ago in GPS, etc.
- cowardlydragon 11y agoDidn't Microsoft do that game? It was one of the signs of their decline.
- jinushaun 11y agoThat sounds a lot like a famous quote from Steve Ballmer as he watched Internet startups pass Microsoft by in the fast lane...
- Dwolb 11y agoAgreed. The underlying assumption seems to be the employees at Google can spin up billion dollar businesses at will. ...which begs the question if I were able to spin up a billion dollar business at will, why would I work for salary and a minority equity stake at Google?