Last Updated: February 24, 2023, 14:36 IST
In January, Google introduced shedding 12,000 employees, because the financial growth that the business rode throughout the Covid-19 pandemic ebbs.
Alphabet is shutting down the robots, which have been educated to scrub cafeteria tables, separate trash and open doorways, with the intention to minimize prices
Everyday Robots, Google’s experimental division, is being shut down a yr after being promoted out of Alphabet’s secretive X moonshot lab, in accordance with media experiences. The division had a staff of over 200 workers engaged on varied exploratory robotics initiatives. Alphabet is shutting down the robots, which have been educated to scrub cafeteria tables, separate trash and open doorways, with the intention to minimize prices.
“Everyday Robots will now not be a separate challenge inside Alphabet… Some of the expertise and a part of the staff will likely be consolidated into present robotics efforts inside Google Research,” Denise Gamboa, director of marketing and communications for Everyday Robots, said, according to wired.com.
In January, Google announced laying off 12,000 workers, as the economic boom that the industry rode during the Covid-19 pandemic ebbs. The Google layoffs have also reached Indian shores. Reportedly, the tech giant has laid of 450-480 employees from various departments in India late night time.
The employees who were into dotted line reporting or did not have any direct managers have been laid off. Many employees in Hyderabad and Bangalore working as level four software developers, backend developer, cloud engineers and digital marketers have are the ones who have been laid off.
The tech industry, including companies such as Twitter, Microsoft and Yahoo, across the world has been witnessing layoffs since last year to cut costs amid economic uncertainties.
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