"Google DeepMind has hired the former Chief Technology Officer of Boston Dynamics as the company pushes deeper into robotics. Aaron Saunders, who is partly responsible for giving the world backflipping and dancing machines, joined as the VP of hardware engineering earlier this month. The hire is a key part of CEO Demis Hassabis' vision for Gemini to become a sort of robot operating system, similar to how Google supplies its Android software to an array of smartphone manufacturers."
""You can sort of think of it as a bit like an Android play [...] We want to build an AI system, a Gemini base, that can work almost out-of-the-box, across any body configuration," Hassabis said in an interview with WIRED. "Obviously humanoids, but non-humanoids too." Boston Dynamics is famous for developing legged robots, including four-legged dog-sized systems and humanoid machines, capable of impressive acrobatic feats. Saunders worked on an amphibious six-legged prototype before he was promoted to VP of engineering in 2018."
Google DeepMind appointed Aaron Saunders, former Boston Dynamics CTO, as VP of hardware engineering to deepen robotics efforts. The move supports a strategy to develop Gemini into a robot operating system that can work across diverse body configurations, including humanoid and non-humanoid forms. DeepMind researchers are intensifying development of AI models to control robotic hardware as interest in advanced humanoids rises. Demis Hassabis predicts a breakthrough in AI-powered robotics within a few years. Boston Dynamics is known for legged and humanoid robots and is majority-owned by Hyundai, while startups and established firms pursue humanoid development as components become more accessible.
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