Alphabet sells off 'BigDog' robot maker Boston Dynamics to Softbank

Firm acquired by Japanese company was put up for sale in early 2016 after Google's parent company cooled on its military connections

Google's parent company Alphabet has sold robotics firm Boston Dynamics to Japan's Softbank for an undisclosed sum, over a year after putting it up for sale.

As part of the deal, Softbank also purchased Schaft, a lesser known Alphabet robotics subsidiary.