DARPA's Amazing Robot Pack Mule Keeps its Balance On Ice


	DARPA's Amazing Robot Pack Mule Keeps its Balance On Ice

unbeliever

7-26-2008 7:11 AM

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unbeliever says:

Impressive! ...yet, while "human may not be quite ready to accept such lifelike behavior coming from a machine" - I wonder on the "human like behavior" that needs DARPA and military justification to support such technology. maybe this is the tantalizing reflection of this project...

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