Comment by Rory Paul on December 19, 2012 at 1:43pm

LS3...brew coffee!

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on December 19, 2012 at 2:29pm

It's a robotic cow!  Come here Bessie!

As neat as it is, I don't really see the point.  I am pretty sure a similarly sized wheels rover could traverse the same terrain.  And with greater energy efficiency I'm sure. 

Comment by Rory Paul on December 19, 2012 at 2:48pm

Why not a combination or tracks/wheels and legs. I see another problem with the LS3 concept vs a mule / horse...in a pinch you cannot eat your robot..

Comment by Jan Detlefsen on December 19, 2012 at 2:56pm

a war robot, build to kill people, but still pretty cool.

Comment by Richard Boyhan on December 19, 2012 at 5:38pm

LS3 bring me a beer. Very cool.

Comment by Darren on December 19, 2012 at 5:50pm

replaces the pack mule, that drinks 100gallons of water per day; with one that runs on a fuel cell and 100gallons of water a day! :)

Comment by Jonas on December 20, 2012 at 5:56am

Nice project. But I am missing why this is going to be a succes?

Why not use a horse or a mule? They are cheaper faster do not need a lot of maintenance.

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on December 20, 2012 at 7:48am

@Darren, I assure you, it does not run on water.

@Jonas, because the Military-Industrial-Complex hasn't figured out how to mark-up a mule to $10,000,000.

Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on December 20, 2012 at 11:28am

I see their work as a prelude to when lipo will last 2000 time longer. 

Make it go faster and last longer and you have a "perfect weapon', not only it can assist soldiers as a mule would do but it can also run a mission (where the traditional organic mule cannot). 

Every years they make it better.  

Very cool work! 

Wiki Ninja Comment by Gary McCray on December 20, 2012 at 3:47pm

Really magnificent path finding and execution. Hope that eventually those nifty laser scanners come down in size and cost where we can use them on our multicopters. Really felt bad when he fell down and rolled over in the creek, but he got right back up and kept going. Great design guys and for those of you who don't know why its worth doing that what are you doing here on this web site that is 100% about free form innovation.

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