Modern war runs on fuel, and that creates a problem bigger than most people realize. Marine Corps guidance says roughly 70 ...

The US military has field-tested a robotic pack mule called BigDog. Also known as LS3 or Legged Squad Support System, the invention helped marines transport equipment across mixed terrain at the Rim ...

After decades of hauling way too much gear and all other kinds of bullshit on their backs downrange, the Army is finally giving soldiers the robotic assist it’s been promising for years. Last week, ...

Last week a handful of Marines from the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, including Beedle, came across country from Camp Pendleton, Calif. to Fort Devens, Mass. After attending training classes and demos ...

About 20 international teams with gather at the Swiss Army’s training area, where their ...

Today a rather cryptic release from 5D Robotics hinted at a growing trend in military research: rather than finding new and innovative ways to strap weight to our human soldiers, how about we just ...

Designed as a robotic pack-mule capable of carrying heavy loads across terrain too rough for vehicles, Boston Dynamics’ Big Dog now has an arm appendage where a head would normally be. Using ...

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The unmanned drones the U.S. military employs are just the tip of the iceberg as far as its ambitions with robot technology are concerned. (See this demo video of a Starship Troopers-style exoskeleton ...