(Credit: Video screenshot by Tim Hornyak/CNET)
Tim Hornyak
CNET
Let the human-hunting games begin. Boston Dynamics has a new video of its oversized beast pursuing defenseless human meatsacks through a forest.
The Legged Squad Support System (LS3), aka AlphaDog, is designed to carry 400 pounds of payload and travel 20 miles without refueling. It’s funded by DARPA and the U.S. Marine Corps and is meant to support troops in rugged terrain.
The latest video shows the cow-size monster clambering over rocks and up steep hillsides with heavy weights on its sides. It charges through bushes without a thought.
Then it plays a game of “follow the leader,” slowly pursuing a human guide through fields and along country roads. At one point, it breaks into a canter. Yikes.
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