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This 6-Foot, 330-Pound Robot May One Day Save Your Life

Posted November 20, 2013 1:56 PM

From Wired Top Stories:

Meet Atlas, the Pentagon's 6'2", 330-pound humanitarian robot. He was designed to save lives in disaster zones.    

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11/20/2013 11:41 PM

If he doesn't like you, he shrugs.

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11/21/2013 7:33 AM

Not on thin ice, thank you.

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11/21/2013 12:53 PM

Unless he steps on you first....

Why not something pleasant looking↓ instead of this↑ terrifying creature..?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db09hIOJsBw#t=20

But then there's the dark side.....

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