Google Just Bought A Company That Makes Absolutely Insane Robots

Google just bought Boston Dynamics, an engineering company that has designed mobile research robots for the Pentagon, reports The New York Times. Boston Dynamics is based in Waltham, Mass. The company creates "machines that walk with an uncanny sense of balance and even — cheetahlike — run faster than the fastest humans," says The Times. Google is not saying how much money it paid for Boston Dynamics, and said that it does not plan to release financial information on any of the other eight r...