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		venachescu on June 9, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SoftBank Agrees to Buy Boston Dynamics From Alphab... Mostly because it was a rushed and not totally thought out acquisition - Boston Dynamics never wanted to leave Boston and has always been about legged locomotion, Google wanted them to change and they didn't.

oh_sigh on June 9, 2017 [–]

Google has an office in Cambridge which is right next door to Boston.

venachescu on June 9, 2017 | [–]

But all of their other robots that they bought are in the bay!

Except for SCHAFT, who, apparently were also bought by SoftBank today so go figure.

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