A four-legged U.S. military robot carrying 400 pounds of equipment has shown how it can play "follow the leader" in a manner similar to a trained mule or horse. Like an animal, it can also regain ...

Remember AlphaDog, the mechanical pack mule built by the roboticists at Boston Dynamics in conjunction with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

The U.S. Marine Corps has decided to power down its robotic mule, at least for now anyway. That's according to my colleague, Hope Hodge Seck, who reported at Military.com that the service has ...

The biannual Pacific war practice games -- 25,000 personnel, the Hawaiian islands, and a barrage of fake military emergencies -- have a new participant. It has four legs, and it's quite able for a ...

The US military has reportedly shelved development of its robotic pack mule — the Boston Dynamics-built Legged Squad Support System or LS3. According to a report from Military. com, there are no ...

The Legged Support System (LS3) robot walks on four legs, carries 400 pounds, and shambles its way over rough terrain, like a mechanical mule in a future war.

U.S. troops who carry as much as 100 pounds of gear could soon get a robotic mule capable of shouldering their burdens in the toughest terrain. Such a robot recently showed how it can follow a ...

Big Dog, the four-legged Boston Dynamics’ robot that until now looked more like a headless horse, finally has something resembling a head.

The military’s creepily life-like robotic pack mule can now trot along at five miles per hour — and trudge through mud as it goes uphill. Earlier footage of BigDog, the mechanical quadruped ...

U.S. troops who carry as much as 100 pounds of gear could soon get a robotic mule capable of shouldering their burdens in the toughest terrain. Such a robot recently showed how it can follow a ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The use of robotics and similar technology has added a new dimension to the battlefield for all fighting forces, but the U.S. military in particular. Fixed-wing ...