You tell me the first thing that came to mind when I saw this DARPA video. With the camo on the damn thing is all but indistinguishable from a human corps-man.
The article says this about the...what...robot? Yeah I guess....anyway:
- The PETMAN robot was developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the DoD CBD program. It is used to test the performance of protective clothing designed for hazardous environments.
Then they say things about micro climates, sweating and stuff...but dollars to doughnuts we see it in the field with heavy packs or even dare I say it, mounted weapons? Even the mounted part need not happen. But if you have a weapons platform that can use weapons already in the theater of conflict or able to pick up and used any light to medium weapon would be golden for the same reason that a lot of American weapons started chambering NATO rounds, it makes them more universal in the field. I can't be the first person to say ... hey ground troops! As long as it doesn't have that stupid whine that big dog and the headless horse has.
Mark my word on this....
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