Google, the search engine and advertising company, has acquired Boston Dynamics -- the robotics and engineering company famous for the creation of some of the world's most advanced robots. It is clear that Google is seriously -- and rather suddenly -- interested in robots. What isn't clear, though, is why. Is Google planning some kind of synergistic and masterful play to integrate its AI and machine learning software algorithms with humanoid helper robots? Is this the start of a story that ultimately leads to the technological singularity and Judgment Day?