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Robotic Critters Make Excellent Rescue Dogs
DARPA’s BigDog is a four-legged robot that’s too noisy for covert ops on the battlefield. But a different beast-inspired bot from Italy could have use elsewhere: Its legs allow it to trek through tough terrain in disasters, and springs up if it gets knocked over.
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US Marines Are Sending This Robotic Dog Into Simulated Combat
The battlefield can be one of the most useful places for robots. And now, the US Marines are testing out Spot, a robo dog built by Boston Dynamics to see how helpful the ‘bot could be in combat.
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Big Dog Robot Gets Its First Taste Of Real-World Action With US Marines
Video: LS3 — the official name for the scary quadruped robot also known as Big Dog — has been deployed for the first time during the RIMPAC 2014, the multinational maritime war games in and around the Hawaiian Islands. It looks different from the last time we saw it, more like a big ox than…
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The World’s Scariest Robot Now Listens To Human Master
There’s nothing on the planet that’s equal parts terrifying and spectacular quite like DARPA’s LS3 “Big Dog” robot. It has the horrific realism of an actual dog, mixed with the horrific robot quality of… a robot. Now it’s even more powerful.