The machine will go to the battlefield

The United States Department of Defense has signed a contract to build a human-like robot and leopard to support troops on the battlefield.

Machine model of Boston Dynamics. Picture: Boston Dynamics.

NEW YORK - Boston-based Massachusetts-based maker of machines has recently won a bid to build two new battlefield robots for the military. The Pentagon asked Boston Dynamics to create a humanoid robot and a leopard robot. They must be able to perform many complex movements and run at speeds of over 110 km / h.

Boston Dynamics said, Atlas, the name of the humanoid robot, will have two hands and two legs but no head. It can walk, climb, steep, and use your hands.

Currently, Boston Dynamics is producing a humanoid robot. PETMAN, the name of this type of robot, is used in anti-chemical weapons testing. Atlas will have more advanced features than PETMAN.

PETMAN Machine Video

Cheetah, the name of the leopard robot, is capable of stepping, sprinting, diverting, running poorly on four legs.

Although the ' quote machine ' can run faster than humans and is suitable for the pursuit of enemies, Boston Dynamics claims they do not focus on its combat capabilities. Instead, the company will upgrade the machine so that it will serve the living sector.

' They can be involved in rescue, transportation, farming and firefighting, not just in battle ,' 'Marc Raibert, president of Boston Dynamics, told the Boston Herald .

The first version of Cheetah will be completed in the next 20 months. Engineers at Boston Dynamics hope it can run 50 km / h.

In 2008, Boston Dynamics became the focus of world technology news after the company announced the BigDog dog video on the Internet.

BigDog is about the size of a big dog. Its legs consist of three joints similar to the real dog. The joints can change position up to 500 times per second, helping the dog to shake during movement and to adapt to the undulating and sloping terrain. Thanks to that, BigDog can go on the bumpy mountain road that the tires can not go through, and do not make a strong noise.

In tests the dog can run at a speed of 6.4 km / h, climb the slope to 35 degrees and step over the rubble with 153 kg of goods on the back.