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Google's Verily has its own robot-surgery spinoff
It hasn't even been a week since Verily became an official Alphabet entity, and it's already announcing its own spinoff. The former Google X Labs Life Sciences division has collaborated with Johnson & Johnson to give rise to a new company called "Verb Surgical." J&J's press release didn't mention any specific project, but from what we can tell, it's developing robotic technologies for the operating room:
Google Life Sciences transforms into Alphabet spinoff Verily
Google X's Life Sciences group has grown up to become a full-fledged member of Mountain View's Alphabet Inc., and it's even taken on a new (and curious) name: Verily. Yes, that's an archaic word for "truly" and "certainly," chosen because the group wants to "reveal a true picture of health and disease." It's still the same team that was originally formed to create those contact lenses that can track diabetes, except it's bigger now, with more doctors, engineers and even a staff philosopher to understand why people do what they do.
