Andy Rubin was already farther from the development of the operating system for mobile devices, taking up the initiatives of the company in the field of robotics. You will now be part of an incubator organization startups hardware
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Andy Rubin, creator of Android OS
The engineer leading the development of the Android OS operating system, Andy Rubin, will leave Google, the company confirmed. Whoever was responsible for the organization’s projects in robotics was co-founded a company with the same name of the technology.
This technology has become the most widely used mobile operating system in the world. Over the past year, however, Rubin was removed from the team dedicated to the platform.
Sundar Pichai, assumed at the time the functions of the engineer and leading projects from around the Google Android, Chrome and other products. The reasons for the departure of Rubin are unclear, but they have to do with the structure of his team at Google, according to an article from the website The Information .
The maker of Android will now lead an incubator for startups hardware, says the Wall Street Journal , being replaced by James Kuffner, a researcher and member of the robotics Google. A spokeswoman for Google confirmed the departure of Rubin, but refused to go any further comment.
“I wish Andy the best in their next steps,” said CEO Larry Page in a statement. “With Android, it created something truly remarkable – there
above one billion users happier.”
In addition to the projects in robotics, Rubin oversaw Google’s recent acquisitions, including the purchase of Boston Dynamics .
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