By Alexander J Martin -
Google has been awarded a patent related to systems and methods for "allocating tasks to a plurality of robotic devices".
Sprawled across its Mountain View base, the Chocolate Factory hivemind may indeed be plotting world domination, but for the moment it is at least conscious of the need to collaborate with the state in establishing its exclusive rights to the technology it will use to do so.
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