Google's Alphabet is trying to build robots smart enough to share our homes and offices ZDNet

Google's Alphabet is adding yet another chapter to its rollercoaster history of robotics projects. The company's R&D lab, dubbed Alphabet X, is working on a new breed of robots that can learn new tasks, rather than be programmed into performing them. The initiative is called the "Everyday Robot Project" because, as its name implies, it wants to build robots that can assist humans in simple tasks of everyday life. More importantly, the machines could do so even when confronted with our messy, unpredictable environments. The leader of the project, Hans Peter Brondmo, explained that robots currently operate in environments specifically designed and structured for them.