robomule https://www.coolthings.com Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:21:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cropped-coolthings-favicon-512-32x32.png robomule https://www.coolthings.com 32 32 Rex, A Robotic Beast Of Burden https://www.coolthings.com/rex-a-robotic-beast-of-burden/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=6795 Why carry bags when the robots can do it?  That’s the idea behind Rex, a load-bearing robo-mule that will trail you and respond to voice commands like a well-trained mutt. Created by Israel Aerospace Industries, the baggage-toting machine is currently being marketed to military organizations in an effort to fill an “urgent operational need.”  According to the company, the robot will relieve in-field combatants of the encumbrance created by putting heavy loads on their back, allowing them to perform their […]

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