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Friday, 9. January 2004
RobertBast, January 9, 2004 at 11:52:00 AM AEDTRobot Dogs The US army has hired two robotics firms to design robot dogs, for the purpose of carrying equipment. "Today's soldiers carry as much as 100 pounds of equipment. That's exhausting, even for the toughest grunt. In the future, the Army wants to dump up to half that gear onto the back of a drone" "We're at the bottom of the pyramid right now," said Ben Krupp, president of Yobotics, which won a $750,000, two-year TACOM grant to build a Great Dane-sized drone. "It's tough just to get a four-legged robot to run across the parking lot without falling down." (meanwhile the Navy is investing in robo-lobsters)
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