Boston Dynamic ’s BigDog is already animpressiveand capriciously creature - like wildcat , but Darpa it seems has grown plans in mind and is asking for a impertinent , bigger BigDog . The kick upstairs golem needs to carry 400 lbf. of cargo , hunt down 20 miles on any terrain and subsist un - refuel for a whole day to please Darpa ’s request . Plus it must be way quieter so it ’s more useful in literal combat situations and have a smart nous so it can manoeuvre itself autonomously as it clip after its soldier masters . It’ll have to cope with steps , water luck , desert levels of heat and arctic floor of snow and methamphetamine hydrochloride , navigate through GPS waypoints , and it ’ll have to react to oral communication and gesture commands — at which compass point you think a soldier command it to “ sit ! ” and giggle slightly . But only slightly , as none of these sweetening seem too beyond the pale , given the already awing development of BigDog . Just one sad detail though : Darpa ’s mark the unexampled machine the “ Legged Squad Support System ” or L3 . Would it have been a act much for the military eggheads at the defence enquiry federal agency to practice their imaginations and dub it K9 ? Much better name . [ FedBizOppsviaDangerRoom ]
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