I'm still waiting for my own C-3PO to take my drink order, but in the meantime this is pretty cool: Boston Dynamics is developing the LS3 -- Legged Squad Support System -- which is a walking, four-legged robot that looks like it could be a smaller, prototype version of a Star Wars AT-TE walker.
The AT-TE (left) and the LS3 (right)
The device is being designed for military support and is capable of carrying 400-pound payloads so that troops don't have to shoulder that burden. World News Australia (via Blastr) reports that the "vision for LS3 is to combine the capabilities of a pack mule with the intelligence of a trained animal. … The LS3 is capable of tracking certain visual and oral commands and uses GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and computer vision to guide itself."
Check it out in action:
No word yet on when we're getting AT-ATs, though.
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Source : ign[dot]com
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