Andy Rubin, the founder of Android, leaves Google

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Andy Rubin, the founder and former head of Android, is leaving Google. The report states that Rubin will be starting "an incubator for hardware startups.

 

The move shouldn't affect Android. Rubin left the mobile division in March of 2013, handing the reins over to Sundar Pichai. Pichai has turned into Larry Page's right-hand man and now controls just about every Google product.

For the last year and a half, Rubin has been running Google's mysterious robotics division. We've seen the company gobble up several high-profile robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics and SCHAFT, the winner of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. With Rubin out, James Kuffner will take over the division.

“Larry enabled the robotic effort to run exactly the way I wanted it to, and we made great progress in our first year,” Rubin told The Wall Street Journal.

Larry Page also released a statement, saying, "I want to wish Andy all the best with what's next. With Android, he created something truly remarkable—with a billion plus happy users. Thank you.”

 

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