UPDATES: 12/19/13, 3:16 p.m. EST. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel has become the latest Am Law 100 firm to enter the field of robotics, announcing its formation of a drones group. 12/23/13, 10:50 a.m. EST. Google’s Schaft robot has won the DARPA rescue challenge, according to the BBC, which thankfully notes that a rise of the machines is not imminent.

Military robotics manufacturer Boston Dynamics tapped Edwards Wildman Palmer for counsel this week on its sale to Google for an undisclosed sum in a deal that has the Internet, and even some late-night comedians, buzzing.