Pentagon’s Humanoid Disaster-Rescue Robot Is Dressed to Impress -- The Danger Room

f you saw him approaching in a disaster area, you’d think he was just another fireman. Which is the reaction that the manufacturers of this lifelike humanoid robot are going for.

The PETMAN, created by Boston Dynamics, has gotten dressed. Wearing a flame-retardant camouflage jumpsuit, its metallic face obscured by a gas mask, the PETMAN high-steps, squats and rotates on a platform, all as a human would. This one even has a head.

This model of Boston Dynamics’ humanoid ‘bot was manufactured for the Defense Department’s Chemical and Biological Defense program. Should a chemical or biological attack take place, a robot might be able to perform rescue missions that wouldn’t be safe for a human being. That is, if it can maneuver past rubble, navigate uneven spaces and retain its balance, all of which are difficult propositions for a robot. A cousin of the PETMAN, called Atlas, is competing in Darpa’s newest Grand Challenge, which aims to go beyond the state of the art in robotic maneuverability.

Read more ....

More News On Darpa's Latest Robot

Pentagon’s DARPA reveals their most human-like robot yet -- RT
[VIDEO] Pentagon's humanoid disaster-relief robot -- UPI
Pentagon’s Terminator-Like Robot To Test Military Gear -- Red Orbit
Petman robot rocks gas mask, chemical suit -- CNet
Updated PETMAN looks like a human pretending to be a robot -- Dvice

My Comment: This is now .... one can only imagine what will be "around" 100 years from now.

Update: The Pentagon has it's robots .... now here comes it's brain.