Alphabet to launch a new Robotics Company called Intrinsic

Google-parent Alphabet will launch a new robotics company, Intrinsic which will focus on building software for industrial robots. The segment comes out of X, Alphabet’s Moonshot factory that houses futuristic firms such as Waymo, Wing and Verily.

About the Intrinsic:

Intrinsic is developing software tools with an aim to make industrial robots easier to use, less costly and more flexible. While the company did not share much detail about the software, it noted that the software is being developed so that more people use them to make new products, businesses and services.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

• CEO of Intrinsic: Wendy Tan White, Alphabet CEO: Sundar Pichai;
• Google Founded: 4 September 1998, California, United States;
• Google Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin.