From AI Insider · Greg Bock · · 1m
Google DeepMind Opens Boston Robotics Lab
Google DeepMind launches robotics lab in Cambridge, Boston area to advance physical AI systems.
In brief
Google DeepMind launches robotics lab in Cambridge, Boston area to advance physical AI systems. Google DeepMind opens robotics lab in Cambridge, Boston area to develop physical AI systems with former Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders leading the team. Originally reported by AI Insider.
Google DeepMind opens robotics lab
Google DeepMind is building a new robotics lab in the Boston area as it expands a hardware team focused on bringing advanced AI into physical systems.
“If you’re a machinist, engineer or researcher driven by the greatest technical challenge to bring the benefits of agi into the physical world, get in touch”
Aaron Saunders leads team
Aaron Saunders, former Boston Dynamics CTO and current Google DeepMind vice president of embodied systems and robotics, made the announcement in a LinkedIn recruitment post Monday.
Team development timeline
Saunders said the team has been under development since he joined Google DeepMind almost a year ago and will be housed in the new facility in Cambridge.
Saunders' background
Saunders joined Google DeepMind in November 2025 after more than two decades at Boston Dynamics, where he became chief technology officer in 2021.
In short
Google DeepMind opens robotics lab in Cambridge, Boston area to develop physical AI systems with former Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders leading the team.
