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The
possible buyers include Amazon.com Inc and Toyota Motor
Corp's research and development company the Toyota Research
Institute (TRI), according to Bloomberg. (http://bloom.bg/1R69KAK)
Boston Dynamics, bought by Alphabet in 2013, is best known for
building robots that look as if they belong in a science-fiction
movie and are often co-developed or funded by the U.S. military.
Boston Dynamic's products include Cheetah, which it claims to be
world's fastest legged robot as well as RiSE, a robot that
climbs vertical terrains such as walls, trees and fences.
Amazon has installed thousands of robots across its warehouses
to cut operating costs and get packages out the door more
quickly.
TRI said in January it had hired a team of scientists and
engineers to help drive research into artificial intelligence
and robots.
Alphabet, Toyota and Amazon couldn't be immediately reached for
comment.
(Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak
Dasgupta)
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