Dispensary Corner 14 Sep 12
September 14, 2012
MOVE over Fido here comes Robodog.
The days of battlefield dogs could be numbererd after the US military revealed its newly created robotic dog. The not so catchy-named Legged Squad Support System is designed to follow soldiers into the roughest terrain, carry up to 180kgs and walk for 32kms without needing to refuel. The dog was developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the US Marine Corps. The “dog” does not need a driver, because it automatically follows a leader using computer vision or travels to designated locations using sensing and GPS, and there are now plans to make the dog talk. “We want a radio operator to be able to tell it to ‘sit, stay’,” said Lt Col Joe Hitt, of the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency. “Likewise, the robot could tell them, ‘I’m stuck, wait’,” he added.
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