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Robocalypse Alert: Defense Contract Awarded to Scary BigDog

You remember BigDog, don't you? It's that loud all-terrain prototype robot quadruped that peopled your dreams with Terminator-esque nightmares when you saw the video. DARPA just awarded a $32 million contract to build it. The ...READ»

Two Military Robots That Rival the Creepiest Sci-Fi Creatures

From Robocop to Terminator to Saturn 3, robots have had some bad press in sci-fi movies--particularly when given guns and assigned military roles. But that's all fiction. Here are two early prototypes of military bots that are ...READ»