US Army tests $ 2 million robot

US Marines have tested a $ 2 million robot at RIMPAC's largest naval exercise in five years.

BBC said that the robot was officially called the Legionless Support System (LS3) and was called Cujo by soldiers. It operates with a sensor attached to the leg like a human.

"The goal of this machine is to load loads of soldiers," said Kevin Blankespoor, chief robot engineer.

Cujo can reach speeds of nearly 10km / h, designed to carry at least 180kg and travel a distance of up to 30km without refueling.

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Currently, robots can only support logistics rather than tactics, due to the large noise in the process of movement and obstacles when passing certain types of terrain.

"I can say that 70-80% of the terrain we go through is through it," said Brandon Dieckmann. "There are times when it's going to fall, but it's almost self-adjusting and it's up to you to even get up, even if it does not work, we can roll it up.

Cujo is a product of the famous robotics company Boston Dynamics, with funding from the Advanced Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

The Cujo test is taking place at Kahuku training grounds on Hawaii as part of the 2014 Pacific Rim RIMPAC exercise. The RIMPAC this year involved 22 countries with 25,000 troops, extending up to day 1. /8.