Posted on 12/30/2015 6:26:07 PM PST by BenLurkin
The US army says it has mothballed plans to deploy a robot developed in conjunction with Google because it is "too loud".
The Legged Squad Support System, referred to by some as "the big dog," is capable of carrying 400lbs (181.4kg) of equipment over rugged terrain.
But the US Marines now say its petrol-powered engine is too noisy for them to use in battle.
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The LS3 was developed by Boston Dynamics, a robotics firm acquired by Google in 2013 - as part of a tie-up with the Pentagon's research arm, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).
The robot can follow troops on foot through rugged terrain, carrying their gear.
It can also interpret verbal and visual commands.
However, after a major field trial in 2014, flaws in the robot also became apparent, according to Kyle Olson, a spokesman for the Marines' Warfighting Lab.
(Excerpt) Read more at inlandnewstoday.com ...
Kinda hard to sneak up on most people with an idling chain saw. (Unless they’re carrying one around too)
The Washington Post says that the odds are 3:2 that Bill Clinton will have sex with this robot.
They’re the experts on Bill Clinton’s libido.
[ Kinda hard to sneak up on most people with an idling chain saw. (Unless they’re carrying one around too) ]
You can’t power it with a mini-nuclear reactor either... for obvious reasons of the enemy getting it and making it into a dirty bomb.
Solar power, nope
Best of both worlds...
Mules can make some serious noise if they want to. There’s one about 3 miles from here and I hear it occasionally.
That’s what 2x4s are for.
We could always go back to mounted cavalry replete with swords, bows and plate armor.
Too loud..lol they never heard a platoon of salty, hungry Marines on a hump before??? Swear city. No Marine really cares about tango’s hearing.
It was all of the ads that kept popping up
Maybe they should have partnered with Elon Musk. Gone electric.
Not true in Injun country...
This robot is developed by Boston Dynamics and JPL...they will adapt it to whatever the Army needs.
Nothing a more efficient and effective muffler would not fix - noise wise. Must be other problems.
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