Google Just Bought Some Scary Robots

From the NYT:

“Google confirmed on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an engineering company that has designed mobile research robots for the Pentagon. The company, based in Waltham, Mass., has gained an international reputation for machines that walk with an uncanny sense of balance and even — cheetahlike — run faster than the fastest humans.”

But they’ll probably do less scary things with these guys then the Pentagon would have. Check them out below.

Bigdog:

Wildcat:

Petman:

Petman in Camo: