The Fiscal Times – by DAVID FRANCIS
Last month, Boston Dynamics posted a video update of its AlphaDog robot, developed to carry heavy military equipment for soldiers. The company had already released video showing AlphaDog traversing rough terrain and gaining significant speed.
But the March video shows something different: The robot now has a mechanical arm attached to the front. This arm picks up a cinder block, which likely weighs about 30 pounds, and begins to move its feet rapidly up and down. It perches low, swings the arm to its left and then hurls the cinder block some 20 feet over its right shoulder, just as a decathlete would throw a hammer. Continue reading “Rise of the Killer Robots: Hint–This is Not a Movie”

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