Army's New Robotic Mule is Contracted Out.

In a blog post titled "Robocalypse Alert:Defense Contract Awarded to Scary BigDog" which is probably over the top, Fast Company.com is reporting that DARPA just awarded a $32 million contract to build robots for the defense department.

According to them;

The contract's been won by maker Boston Dynamics, which has just 30 months to turn the research prototype machines into a genuine load-toting, four-legged, semi-intelligent war robot--"first walk-out" of the newly-designated LS3 is scheduled in 2012.

Footage of the army's newest beast of burden. It's a four-legged robot that looks like a mule without a head and walks like one too.