Google wants to sell Mass.-based robotics firm Boston Dynamics, Bloomberg reports.
Boston Dynamics is best known for its Atlas humanoid robots, but it also makes animal-like models with names like Cheetah and WildCat. A video posted to YouTube in February showed the Atlas taking a walk through the woods, lifting boxes and getting up unassisted after being knocked down.
Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013, after which it became part of the search giant’s moonshots lab, then called Google X. Bloomberg reports that Google is looking to sell the startup because of tension related to the company’s long-term revenue timeline.
