“The same robot that sorts trash can now be equipped with a squeegee to wipe tables and use the same gripper that grasps cups can learn to open doors,” Brøndmo wrote.Įveryday Robots was the brainchild of X, Alphabet’s “moonshot” research and development factory which in recent years has been forced to shutter projects that were deemed economically unviable. In 2021, Hans Peter Brøndmo, the chief robot officer and the general manager of the Everyday Robots project, published a blog post announcing that his team had trained more than 100 robots that were “autonomously performing a range of useful tasks around our offices.” Everyday Robots once employed more than 200 people. The robots that the division produced were too expensive for ordinary customers, with each valued at tens of thousands of dollars, according to Wired. But the division failed to articulate a clear vision as managers couldn’t decide if they wanted to focus on advanced research or whether they hoped to bring a product to market. “Some of the technology and part of the team will be consolidated into existing robotics efforts within Google Research,” she addedĮveryday Robots once employed more than 200 people, according to Wired. “Everyday Robots will no longer be a separate project within Alphabet,” Denise Gamboa, the head of Everyday Robots’ marketing and communications division, told The Post. The tech giant pulled the plug on high-priced automatons - which separated trash and squeegeed cafeteria tables - created by robotics subsidiary Everyday Robots as part of companywide budget cuts, according to a report in Wired. Leaked Google pay data reveals fat salaries for tech giant’s top engineersĪdvertisers demand billions in refunds from YouTube over skippable adsĮven the robots don’t have job security at Google parent Alphabet. Google ad revenue rebounds lifting Q2 profit above expectations Epstein helped JPMorgan land Google co-founder - and his $4B in investments - as a client: lawsuit
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