Alphabet gives bipedal robots the Schaft 'cos no one wants to buy its creepy machine maker
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/16/alphabet_closes_schaft/
Google's parent company Alphabet has closed down its biped robot maker Schaft after failing to find a buyer.
Even the singularity-obsessed panic buyer SoftBank, which had made a commitment to buy the company last year, wasn't interested. Talks broke down, Nikkei reported this week.
Alphabet gives bipedal robots the Schaft 'cos no one wants to buy its creepy machine maker
Nov 16, 2018, 3:17pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/16/alphabet_closes_schaft/
> Google's parent company Alphabet has closed down its biped robot maker Schaft after failing to find a buyer.
> Even the singularity-obsessed panic buyer SoftBank, which had made a commitment to buy the company last year, wasn't interested. Talks broke down, Nikkei reported this week.