US military’s BigDog robot learns to throw cinder blocks, grenades…
And:
DARPA’s AlphaDog (LS3) can now sit, follow, and roll over
Note the "roll-over, good dog" feature at 2:20. More seriously:
...Moving forward, a lot of testing and development remains to be done. The original plan was to finish testing by the end of 2013, followed by a real-world deployment with the US Marines in 2014, but it now seems that testing will continue into the first half of 2014. Before it can be deployed, DARPA/Boston Dynamics must show that LS3 can carry 400lbs 20 miles in a 24-hour window, without being refueled. The eventual goal is for each marine squad to have one or two LS3s carrying their gear (marines carry up to 100lbs (45kg) of gear), providing a mobile power source, and perhaps even acting as a steed for wounded (or lazy) soldiers....
