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  • This Massive Robot Could Soon Join Marines on the Battlefield

    11/24/2013 7:22:48 AM PST · by Star Traveler · 65 replies
    Defense One ^ | November 21, 2013 | Alexis Madrigal
    The future doesn't always arrive with a gasp and a boom like Skynet inTerminator. No, sometimes it's more like Office Space. At least that's the idea I get watching this video of the Marines' testing the Legged Squad Support System. DARPA built the LS3 to act as an autonomous pack horse that "can carry 400 lbs of a squad’s load, follow squad members through rugged terrain and interact with troops in a natural way, similar to a trained animal and its handler." And yet, in the hands of real Marines, it sounds like they're testing a new network printer out,...