Google, Coca-Cola, and the Rise of the Machines

By Chris Hill – Dec 16, 2013 at 5:14PM

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Google's been buying an awful lot of creepy robots recently. Should investors be buying in or running for the hills

In this video from Monday's Investor Beat, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Tim Hanson dissect the hardest-hitting investing stories of the day.

Google (GOOGL -1.97%) has just bought engineering and robotics company Boston Dynamics, which makes the eighth robotics company Google has acquired in the past six months. This particular company develops animal-like robots, such as a cheetah that is the fastest-running robot in the world, and a robot that picks up and throws heavy cinder blocks. What could Google be planning behind the scenes with all this robot tech? In the lead story on today's Investor Beat, Tim and Jason look into Coca-Cola (KO 0.31%), Amazon.com (AMZN -1.65%) and Google, and the future of robots in business.

Chris Hill owns shares of Coca-Cola and Amazon.com. Jason Moser owns shares of Amazon.com. Tim Hanson has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Amazon.com, Coca-Cola, and Google. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.