Boston Dynamics CEO and founder Marc Raibert echoed the feeling, saying that his company is "excited to be part of SoftBank's bold vision and its position creating the next technology revolution, and we share SoftBank's belief that advances in technology should be for the benefit of humanity."
Softbank bought the chip designer ARM late last year, after acquiring Sprint in 2013. It's unclear what all that adds up to, but Japan's most interesting tech company is determined to avoid missing out on the next big wave of technology -- whatever it is.