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DARPA seeks bigger BigDog petrol packmule robots

Ralph B

Jap Tech 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 13:12 GMT

Boffin

I'd suggest using two Honda Asimos carrying the stuff between them like a sedan chair, or a pack of Sony AIBOs pulling a sledge.

Paul

Pork 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 13:12 GMT

"There will no doubt be a certain number of old-school purists who'd suggest simply having less stuff. "

Wheres the fun, and pork, in that?

TeeCee

Thank f*** for that. 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 13:16 GMT

With a bit of luck I'll never again have to listen in the pub to the "how we were taught in basic training to wipe our arses using only a bus ticket"* story, replete with nausea-inducing detail, now that the military can carry bog roll with them in the field.

*Presumably the introduction of the Oyster card went down rather badly with the army's logistics corp.

Ceilidhman

Hay powered version 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 14:16 GMT

Paris Hilton

How about a self-healing, danger-avoiding, stereoscopically visioned, audio controlled, hay-powered version, i.e. a REAL mule to do the carrying?

Paris coz she's capable of holding heavy saddlebags

Anonymous Coward

Hmmm Walking vehicles... 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 14:16 GMT

Can you picture a passenger version of that thing

Alex

hurrah 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 15:13 GMT

Thumb Up

robohorse lives!

Phil

Bigger Robodog already spotted 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 15:41 GMT

It's already here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc

Joe K

Lazy sods 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 16:51 GMT

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How about a cart?

Pull the thing you lazy twats, you can take it in turns.

Anonymous Coward

So can I use my AT-ST 

Posted Monday 27th October 2008 22:38 GMT

Joke

If not, better make the that the AT-AT. If I can't carry all my stuff with that I'm going home.

Anonymous Coward

Overthinking it again... 

Posted Tuesday 28th October 2008 14:37 GMT

IT Angle

I agree, here they are overthinking the problem yet again. No wonder we can't find Osama, it is because his army IS using carts and mules.... forget spending billions of dollars on high tech.

Nothing beats giving a mule a swift kick in the behind to get him up and over that hill.