Everyday Robots, a company that was part of Alphabet’s X, the moonshot factory, is reportedly being shut down as a part of Google’s recent layoffs. The organization developed hundreds of robots that famously roam Google’s kitchen, clean tables, and sort trash. Despite advances in AI that have allowed researchers to make significant strides in robotics research, commercializing these technologies remains an uphill task. This shuttering of Everyday Robots is more evidence of the challenging landscape that personal robotics companies have had to navigate in the past decade.
