Japan-based SoftBank Group late Thursday announced it is buying animal-based robot maker Boston Dynamics from Google-parent Alphabet. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but SoftBank portrayed the move as in sync with its vision for robotics. "Today, there are many issues we still cannot solve by ourselves with human capabilities," SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son said in a release.
"Smart robotics are going to be a key driver of the next stage of the Information Revolution." SoftBank will also buy Japanese bipedal robotics company Schaft as part of its deal with Alphabet, according to the release.
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