SoftBank’s latest robotics acquisition could allow it to open up a whole new market for service industries and home help.
Its customer service and companion robot, Pepper, is somewhat limited by the fact that it can’t do much more than wave its arms and talk.
Now, though, SoftBank has its eyes on the fetching and carrying capabilities of BigDog and Spot, the dog-sized pack robots developed by Boston Robotics.
SoftBank, originally an ISP and mobile network operator, moved into robotics in 2014 when it bought Aldebaran, the French company behind the diminutive humanoid robots Pepper and Nao.
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