Google Army: The Next Generation Of Robots
# Industrial Perception, Inc
An imagine company, which was born from within Willow Garage. Industrial Perceptions, Inc was building a 3D vision-guided robot. It is unclear why Google would be interested in a company like this one as so far, Google has only self-driven cars.
Google acquired Industrial Perceptions, Inc in December 2013 just when it acquired Schaft Inc. Industrial Perceptions, Inc deals with 3D vision-guided robots for manufacturing and logistics sector, which is helpful in recognizing object shapes and arranging them.
# Redwood Robotics
Redwood Robotics came into existence when Meka Robotics, Willow Garage and SRI International collaborated for a common goal, led by Aaron Edsinger, the man behind Meka Robotics. Aaron Edsinger wanted robotic arms to Apple II did to computers.
The main purpose of Redwood Robotics was mainly to create robotic arms that would be friendly and could be used in homes.
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