Sundar Pichai, the chief executive officer of Google, made the announcement in January that the American tech company would be eliminating approximately 12,000 jobs—roughly 6% of its global workforce.
In the midst of a global market downturn, Alphabet, the parent company of the American tech giant Google, has discontinued the project “Everyday Robots.”
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, has halted the project. According to a Wired report, the Everyday Robots unit had been developing and training robots to clean cafeterias, among other capabilities.
The big tech company Google is cutting costs as a result of the global recession, which coincides with the announcement of layoffs. Some of its technology could be applied to other divisions now that the robot division is no longer in operation.
100 wheeled, one-armed robots were trained under this project to help clean Google’s cafeterias. Several of these robot prototypes were taken out of the lab and were working in the company’s facilities in the Bay Area.
Among other things, these robots were made to clean cafeteria tables, separate trash from recycling, and open doors.
During the pandemic, they also helped clean the conference room.
Despite the fact that these robots were quite helpful, their upkeep was quite costly. Experts in the field of robotics claim that each one cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Google laid off 12,000 workers earlier this year. In January, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the American tech company would be cutting 12,000 jobs, or about 6% of its global workforce.
According to ANI, which cited the American technology news website The Verge, Google reported revenue of $69 billion and profit of $13.9 billion in its earnings report in October of last year, indicating growing revenue but decreasing profits.
Pichai gave hints last year that the company would slow down hiring. He had stated that employees at Google would be required to work with “greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days.”
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