DARPA Grand Challenge

By Noah Shachtman Military-backed researchers have built a tiny drone that looks and flies like a hummingbird, flapping its little robotic wings to stay in the air. So far, the mock bird, built for Pentagon mad science division Darpa, has only stayed aloft for twenty seconds at a time. But that short flight w...

By Noah Shachtman Darpa Preps Son of Robotic MuleNew Video: Robot Mule Conquers Ice, SnowNew Video: Robotic Pack Mule Leaps Into ActionVideo: Robotic Pack Mule Hits the StreetsDrone Dog's Big Walk We've seen BigDog, the military's alarmingly-lifelike robotic quadruped, climb over hills, stomp thro...

By Noah Shachtman Mass High Tech uncovers this video of the BigDog going through exercises at Ft. Benning, Georgia. It comes on the heels of the robo-beast's longest walk yet -- a 12.8 mile hike, following a series of GPS waypoints. Soldiers at Ft. Benning seemed intrigued by the idea of a mechanical pack mule tha...

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