SAN FRANCISCO: Japan-based SoftBank Group late Thursday announced it is buying animal-based robot maker Boston Dynamics from Google-parent Alphabet.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but SoftBank portrayed the move as in sync with its vision for robotics.

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