Amazon, Google Intensely Focused on Robotics, But Their Strategies Differ

And perhaps the most important moves made by each company so far have been centered in Massachusetts. Google acquired Waltham's Boston Dynamics - the maker of BigDog, Atlas and other walking robots - in late 2013, probably the most high-profile in a string of robotics acquisitions by Google. Amazon acquired warehouse robotics maker Kiva Systems of North Reading for $775m the year before.

But while Amazon had an obvious jump start on putting its acquired robotics technology to use, it's clear that the company has still done so at a much faster pace than Google has with Boston Dynamics.

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