DARPA has begun real world testing of a quadruped robot that can traverse all sorts of terrain and act as a pack mule for soldiers. This semi-autonomous robot is called Legged Squad Support System ...

Meet the newest member of the U.S. military. On Monday, military research group DARPA showed off its “Legged Squad Support System (LS3)” -- military speak for a robotic pack mule. These particular ...

Soldiers in the field may soon get robotic relief from the 100-plus-pound burden of equipment they are often forced to carry on their backs. Looking like something from Star Wars, the robot - known by ...

DARPA has released the first video of its robot Legged Squad Support System (LS3) walking untethered and in the wild. Scroll down and watch in awe as a robotic quadruped scales a rocky, forested hill ...

DARPA's robotic pack mule, the Legged Squad Support System (or LS3 for short) is now following orders and its master, going where no robot has gone before. In a recently published video, the ...

Boston Dynamics' LS3, better known 'round these parts as AlphaDog, has already wowed us with a display of its stability, power and mobility. Thing is, that little clip we caught back in October took ...

The LS3 robot, more popularly known by its earliest nickname, BigDog, is being retired. Despite hopes that it would one day work as a pack mule for US soldiers in the field, this dog had too much bark ...

A robotic four-legged robot that resembles a pack mule is being developed by Boston Dynamics for possible use by U.S. troops in terrain unsuitable for vehicles, reports ABC News. The robot, which ...

The machine, which resembles a headless pack mule made of metal, came about through a $32 million, two-and-a-half year contract between the Pentagon’s research arm, known as the Defense Advanced ...

The LS3 Robot developed and created by Boston Dynamics was unveiled a number of years ago but since then has undergone the development process that has enabled it to now be field tested by the USMC ...

We’ve seen it walk over rough terrain, now see DARPA’s LS3 robot follow a soldier around autonomously. We’ve seen it walk over rough terrain, now see DARPA’s LS3 robot follow a soldier around ...