Alphabet Inc. has quietly made one of its most consequential organizational moves in years: absorbing Intrinsic, its robotics software subsidiary, directly into Google. The decision, reported by TechCrunch , marks the end of Intrinsic’s run as a standalone entity under the Alphabet umbrella and raises significant questions about how the parent company plans to integrate robotics capabilities into its broader artificial intelligence strategy. Intrinsic was spun out of Alphabet’s X moonshot lab in 2021, tasked with building software that would make industrial robots easier to program and deploy. The company, led by former Siemens executive Wendy Tan White, had been developing tools that used AI and machine learning to allow robots to perceive, learn, and adapt — capabilities that had long been confined to research labs rather than factory floors. Now, rather than continuing as an independent bet under Alphabet’s “Other Bets” category, Intrinsic’s team and technology will be folded into Google itself.…