{"slug": "google-is-giving-away-the-android-of-robotics", "title": "Google Is Giving Away ‘The Android Of Robotics’", "summary": "Google is open sourcing its robotics software, which CEO Sundar Pichai has called \"the Android of robotics,\" as part of a strategy to drive demand for higher-value AI components. The move positions Google's robotics platform as a free, widely adoptable foundation for robot developers.", "body_md": "# Google Is Giving Away ‘The Android Of Robotics’\n\nBy John Koetsier, Senior ContributorSource: \n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)\nGoogle is open sourcing software for robots that Sunder Pichai called the Android of \n\n[robotics](https://www.machinebrief.com/category/robotics). It's part of a strategy to drive demand for higher-value AI components.\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-giving-away-the-android-of-robotics", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/google-is-giving-away-the-android-of-robotics-mwkk", "published_at": "2026-09-22 12:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 12:26:04.331343+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Google", "Sundar Pichai", "Android"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-giving-away-the-android-of-robotics", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-giving-away-the-android-of-robotics.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-giving-away-the-android-of-robotics.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-is-giving-away-the-android-of-robotics.jsonld"}}