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This is interesting because of the time. The Darpa grand robotics challenge is 1 week:
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121335
Now 2 of Google's recent acquisitions are A-list competitors. I wonder how much they paid for BD, and how much of a priority it was for Google to make the deal before the challenge and not after.
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This is interesting because of the time. The Darpa grand robotics challenge is 1 week:
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121335
Now 2 of Google's recent acquisitions are A-list competitors. I wonder how much they paid for BD, and how much of a priority it was for Google to make the deal before the challenge and not after.