The Everday Robots team developed and trained more than 100 one-armed robots on wheels that could "squeegee cafeteria tables, separate trash and recycling," and open doors, among other capabilities.

Alphabet has another subsidiary, Intrinsic, that is working on industrial robots, and layoffs there were limited to about 20 percent of its staff. “In a home, you can't just put magnetic strips ...

The robot was custom-made for the project and combines high-end components like a 3D laser scanner or lidar developed by Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo with broad use of plastic to make ...

Alphabet says its Everyday Robot team at X is now testing its prototype machines in Google’s offices. The bots are performing light custodial work as Alphabet slowly pursues its goal of building ...

Google's Alphabet is adding yet another chapter to its rollercoaster history of robotics projects. The company's R&D lab, dubbed Alphabet X, is working on a new breed of robots that can learn new ...

Alphabet’s Everyday Robots subsidiary will no longer exist as a discrete unit, with team members and technology folded into other divisions. It’s a disappointing end for another robotics venture.

The news: Alphabet X, the company’s early research and development division, has unveiled the Everyday Robot project, whose aim is to develop a “general-purpose learning robot.” The idea is ...

As we reported in our 2016 Google preview, Alphabet's robot division is in a bit of a mess. The division was started inside Google by Android cofounder Andy Rubin, ...

Robots excel at carrying out specialized tasks in controlled environments, but put them in your average office and they’d be lost. Alphabet wants to change that by developing what they call the ...

Alphabet has launched another company in its X moonshot factory, and this one may be its most ambitious robotics project to date. The just-opened firm, Intrinsic, plans to make industrial robots ...