Legacy Robots - Boston Dynamics
LS3 (Legged Squad Support System) was a rough-terrain robot with significant carrying capacity. 400 lbs of payload. Could travel 20 miles before refueling. Sensors for navigating obstacles.
Boston Dynamics - Wikipedia
Boston Dynamics, Inc., is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts , Boston Dynamics has been owned by the Hyundai Motor Group since December 2020, but having only completed the acquisition in June 2021.
Meet Boston Dynamics’ LS3 – the latest robotic war machine
Oct 2, 2012 · According to Boston Dynamics - which made its name with the development of the BigDog quadruped robot in 2005 - the LS3 has been designed to accompany war fighters into battle, carrying 180kg...
Boston Dynamics Wins Darpa Contract To Develop LS3 Robot …
Feb 1, 2010 · Boston Dynamics, developer of BigDog and PETMAN, announced today that it has won a Darpa contract to develop a new robot mule to help soldiers on foot carry gear in the field.
Robot Pack Mule to Carry Loads for G.I.s on the Move
Feb 10, 2010 · If the testing goes well for Boston Dynamics's Legged Squad Support System (LS3), company founder Marc Raibert will have come a long way from the one-legged hopping robots he pioneered in...
BigDog - Wikipedia
BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped military robot platform that was created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with the Harvard University Concord Field Station. [1] It was funded by DARPA, but the project was shelved after the BigDog's gas engine was deemed too loud for combat. [2]
Boston Dynamics Gets $10 Million from DARPA for New Stealthy ...
Sep 23, 2013 · ...the development of an enhanced version of the LS3 system with increased reliability and usability, enhanced survivability against small arms fire and a quiet power supply to support stealthy ...
LS3 Pack Mule - DARPA
To help alleviate physical weight on troops, DARPA developed a four-legged robot, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), to integrate with squads of Marines or Soldiers.
Legged Squad Support System (LS3) (Archived) - DARPA
To help alleviate physical weight on troops, DARPA is developing a four-legged robot, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), to integrate with a squad of Marines or Soldiers. LS3 seeks to demonstrate that a highly mobile, semi-autonomous legged robot can carry 400 lbs of a squad’s load, follow squad members through rugged terrain and interact ...
Boston Dynamics’ Robotic Mule Is Doing War Games With the …
Jul 15, 2014 · This month, the Legged Squad Support Systems (LS3) is joining five young marines in the Advanced Warfighting Experiment portion of the month-long exercise. Using automatic computer...