Where Android's little green robot mascot came from
We're not exactly sure where the little green robot that's become the staple of Android's branding originated. But apparently it just started to "show up" all over Android's apps.
"So the robot [is] starting to show up," one person who worked on the Android team in its early days told Business Insider. "Some engineer, somebody created it. I don’t even know who. And then they probably showed it to Andy [Rubin], and he said 'that’s cool,' and he took that robot and he open sourced it."
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