DARPA's robot will follow you like a dog

or a bull.. or something big and roboty! Yet it is surprisingly cute!

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Working with the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), researchers from DARPA's LS3 program demonstrated new advances in the robot's control, stability and maneuverability, including "Leader Follow" decision making, enhanced roll recovery, exact foot placement over rough terrain, the ability to maneuver in an urban environment, and verbal command capability
chingalerasays...

The guys at Darpa on Halloween should put a hollowed-out cow carcass over one of these and throw a debauched design-team video party to chronicle the first Bovinator robot: "Necrotic tissue over make-shift,creepy-looking bag-o-parts endoskeleton!"

Shoot it and it says,
"Don't Dooooooooo dat!"

Sylvester_Inksays...

Well, don't forget how loud the original Big Dog was. This one is stealthy in comparison.

NaMeCaFsaid:

Awww, its so cute. I just want to pat him.

In all seriousness though, it would have limited use out in the field with all that whirring and noise giving away your exact location.

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