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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online When humanity first built a robot to build cars for us, we thought their determined logic and tireless work ethic would help to create a better automobile. Then we asked robots to perform other monotonous tasks for us, glad to be rid of such boring jobs. Now, we’re making robots humanoid, capable of playing soccer and dancing the popular dances of today’s pop music culture. What’s even more frightening, we’re asking them to...

Watch the Video: DARPA Legged Squad Support System (LS3) Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Yesterday, two of Boston Dynamics finest 4-legged bots got the chance to strut their stuff in front of some military top brass during a demonstration. These bots are the result of an ongoing effort by DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System (LS3) program which has made it their goal to build “highly mobile, semi-autonomous legged robots” which can not only traverse...