http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/google-acquisition-seven-robotics-companies http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/google-acquisition-seven-robotics-companies http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robot... This is interesting because of the time. The Darpa grand robotics challenge is 1 week: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121335 http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121335 Now 2 of Google's recent acquisitions are A-list competitors. I wonder how much they paid for BD, and how much of a priority it was for Google to make the deal before the challenge and not after.